what is operator overloading in C#.Net?

Operator overloading is a concept that enables us to redefine (do a special job) the existing operators so that they can be used on user defined types like classes and structs.

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Hi,

While OverLoading a Operator always give public static access specifiers. 





Operator Overloading should return a CLS type and not void. 





Atleast one operand to the operator must be of type UDC [User Defined Class] because we cannot overload a operator with two int operands and perform subtraction for + operator which C# does not allow. 





Relational Operators are overloaded in Pairs only.ie if == is overloaded then So !=. 





Same Operator can be overloaded with different function signature for eg. 

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http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/prasadh/OperatorOverloading11142005003229AM/OperatorOverloading.aspx

Syed Shakeer Hussain

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The mechanism of giving a special meaning to a Standard c# operator with respect to a user defined data type such as classes or structures is known as OPERATOR OVERLOADING.

All C # binary operators can be over loaded. i.e +, - , *, / , %,&,|, <<,>>.
All C# unray operators can be over loaded. i.e +,_,!,++,-- .
All relational operators can be over loaded , but only as pairs. i.e = =, !=, <>, <=, >=

In simple terms let us say if + is overloaded

if you want to find a + b
if a,b are integer result will be sum of a and b and result is int.
if a,b are flot result will be sum of a and b and result is flot.
if a,b are two strings result will be concatenation of String a and String b and final result is string.

In this way + is overloaded with different operations depending up on the data.

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