Failed With Overloading the Insertion Operator - c++

Question

I am not sure what I am doing wrong here but I used Google and found almost the identical code to mine but they did not claim an error. Our assignment is to overload the insertion operator. The problem is that I get an error in the driver for every time I pass SAM or JOE. The error states: Error 2 error C2679: binary '<<' : no operator found which takes a right-hand operand of type 'MyVector' (or there is no acceptable conversion).
Any help is appreciated. Please note that I have not completed this assignment and if another function doesn't seem right, it may be because I haven't work on it.
Thanks in advance.
Driver.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include "MyVector.h"
using namespace std;
// the printV function
// used to test the copy constructor
// parameter: a MyVector object
void printV(MyVector);
int main()
{
cout << "\nCreating a vector Sam of size 4.";
MyVector sam(4);
cout << "\nPush 12 values into the vector.";
for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++)
sam.push_back(i);
cout << "\nHere is sam: ";
cout << sam;
cout << "\n---------------\n";
cout << "\nCreating a vector Joe of size 4.";
MyVector joe(4);
cout << "\nPush 6 values into the vector.";
for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
joe.push_back(i * 3);
cout << "\nHere is joe: ";
cout << joe;
cout << "\n---------------\n";
cout << "\nTest the overloaded assignment operator \"joe = sam\": ";
joe = sam;
cout << "\nHere is sam: ";
cout << sam;
cout << "\n---------------\n";
cout << "\nHere is joe: ";
cout << joe;
cout << "\n---------------\n";
// pass a copy of sam by value
printV(sam);
cout << endl;
system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}
void printV(MyVector v)
{
cout << "\n--------------------\n";
cout << "Printing a copy of a vector\n";
cout << v;
}
My Vector.h
#pragma once
class MyVector
{
private:
int vSize;
int vCapacity;
int* vArray;
void grow();
public:
MyVector();
MyVector(int n);
MyVector(const MyVector& b);
int size() const;
int capacity() const;
void clear();
void push_back(int n);
int& at(int n) const;
MyVector& operator=(const MyVector& rho);
~MyVector();
};
MyVector.cpp
#include "MyVector.h"
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
MyVector::MyVector()
{
vArray = nullptr;
vSize = 0;
vCapacity = 0;
}
MyVector::MyVector(int n)
{
vArray = new int[vCapacity];
vSize = 0;
vCapacity = n;
}
MyVector::MyVector(const MyVector& b)
{
vSize = b.size();
vArray = new int[vSize];
for (int i = 0; i < b.size(); i++)
{
this->vArray[i] = b.vArray[i];
}
}
int MyVector::size() const
{
return vSize;
}
int MyVector::capacity() const
{
return vCapacity;
}
void MyVector::clear(void)
{
if (vArray != nullptr)
{
delete[] vArray;
vArray = nullptr;
vSize = 0;
vCapacity = 0;
}
}
void MyVector::push_back(int n)
{
if (vCapacity == 0)
{
vCapacity++;
int* tmp = new int[vCapacity];
delete[] vArray;
vArray = tmp;
}
if (vSize >= vCapacity)
{
grow();
}
vArray[vSize] = n;
vSize++;
}
void MyVector::grow()
{
vCapacity = vCapacity + vCapacity;
int* tmp = new int[vCapacity];
for (int i = 0; i < vSize; i++)
{
tmp[i] = vArray[i];
}
delete[] vArray;
vArray = tmp;
}
int& MyVector::at(int index) const
{
if (index >= 0 && index<vSize)
{
return vArray[index];
}
else
{
throw index;
}
}
MyVector& MyVector::operator=(const MyVector& rho)
{
// test for self assignment
if (this == &rho)
return *this;
// clean up array in left hand object (this)
delete[] this->vArray;
// create a new array big enough to hold right hand object's data
vSize = rho.size();
this->vArray = new int[vSize];
// copy the data
for (int i = 0; i < rho.size(); i++)
{
this->vArray[i] = rho.vArray[i];
}
// return this object
return *this;
}
MyVector::~MyVector()
{
if (vArray != nullptr)
{
clear();
}
}
ostream& operator<<(ostream& out, const MyVector& rho)
{
for (int i = 0; i < rho.size(); i++)
{
out << rho.at(i);
}
return out;
}

Answer 1

Declare std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const MyVector& rho) in My Vector.h. That function is used in Driver.cpp, therefore Driver.cpp must know about it.
If you do this, you should also #include <ostream> in My Vector.h.

Answer 2

To be able to use your offending operator<<() in main(), there needs to be a declaration of it visible to the compiler when compiling Driver.cpp.
That means you need to declare your operator<<() in MyVector.h.
Having the definition of operator<<() in MyVector.cpp is fine, but that is not visible to the compiler when compiling Driver.cpp