Outputting Vector of Type Class - c++

Question

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I'm trying to output a vector of type "Account"
Account:
class Account
{
string firstName;
string lastName;
string accountPass;
int accountID;
float accountBalance;
private:
int depositAmount;
int withdrawAmount;
public:
static Account createAccount( int, float, string, string, string ); //creates new account
void deposit( int ); //deposits money into account
void withdraw(int); //withdrawals money from account
int retdeposit() const; //function to return balance amount
friend class BankingSystem;
}; //end of class Account
This is the way I'm declaring the vector:
std::vector<Account> accounts_;
And here's how I'm trying to print it to the screen:
for(int i=0; i < accounts_.size(); i++)
{ cout<< accounts_[i] <<endl; }
But I'm getting this error "invalid operands to binary expression".
Current code;
class BankingSystem
{
int accountID;
char fileName;
private:
std::vector<Account> accounts_;
public:
void addAccount();
void storeAccount( Account );
void deleteAccount();
void accountInquiry();
void saveAccounts();
void loadAccountsFromFile();
friend class Account;
friend std::ostream& operator << (std::ostream&, const Account&);
}; // end of class BankingSystem
#endif
std::ostream& operator << (std::ostream& os, const Account& acc)
{
// output members to os
return os;
}
void BankingSystem::addAccount()
{
int ID;
float balance;
std::string pass, first, last;
cout << "\n\t Enter the Account ID: ";
cin >> ID;
cout << "\n\t Enter the passcode: ";
cin >> pass;
cout << "\n\t Enter Client's first name: ";
cin >> first;
cout << "\n\t Enter Client's last name: ";
cin >> last;
cout << "\n\t Enter starting balance: ";
cin >> setw(6) >> balance;
storeAccount( Account::createAccount( ID, balance, pass, first, last ) );
return;
}
//function gets data from createAccount
void BankingSystem::storeAccount( Account newAccountToAdd )
{
//append to vector "accounts_"
accounts_.push_back(newAccountToAdd);
}
void BankingSystem::deleteAccount()
{
cout << "\nEnter The Account ID: ";
cin >> accountID;
}
void BankingSystem::accountInquiry()
{
int n;
cout << "\n\t Enter The Account ID (-1 for all): ";
cin >> n;
//cout << accounts_.size();
if (n == -1)
{
cout << "\n\t List of all Accounts; (" << accounts_.size() << ") TOTAL: ";
for(int i=0; i < accounts_.size(); i++)
{
cout<< accounts_[i] << endl;
}
}
else
{
cout << "\n\t Listing Account: " << n;
cout << "\n\t I should search the vector for the ID you input";
}
}

Answer 1

You need to provide the insertion operator:
std::ostream& operator<<( std::ostream& out, const Account& acct );
Then implement it internally by dumping each one of the fields with the appropriate format.

Answer 2

You should overload operator << for Account class. In class:
friend std::ostream& operator << (std::ostream&, const Account&);
In global (or yours, where Account is defined) namespace
std::ostream& operator << (std::ostream& os, const Account& acc)
{
// output members to os
return os;
}
or create some output function in class for example
void print(std::ostream& os) const { }
And then free-operator <<
std::ostream& operator << (std::ostream& os, const Account& acc)
{
acc.print(os);
return os;
}