Hello C++ developers. This week, we continue our Copy Assignment Operator topics in C++. We have more posts in detail with examples. All of the C++ examples in these posts can be used with C++ Builder or the C++ Builder 11 CE Community Edition. These examples can also be used with Dev-C++, BCC C++ Compilers, and some other compilers such as the GCC compiler. If you just starting out on your C++ journey and want to jump to a modern IDE and C++ compiler, there is a free version of C++ Builder, C++ Builder 11 CE Community Edition released on April 2023. If you are a start-up developer, student, hobbyist, or just interested in learning to code then the C++ Builder Community Edition may well be just the thing for you.

What is a copy assignment operator in modern C++?

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) is a method of mapping real-world objects and data to computer functions and data structures. Classes and Objects are part of object-oriented methods and typically provide features such as properties and methods. One of the features of an OOP Editor is a copy assignment operator that is used with “operator=” to create a new object from an existing one. 

The Copy Assignment Operator in a class is a non-template non-static member function that is declared with the “operator=“. This operator allows you to copy objects of classes, structs, and unions. When you create a class or a type that is copy assignable (that you can copy with the = operator symbol), it must have a public copy assignment operator. In the first post, we explain the use of a forced default copy assignment operator with C++ examples. https://learncplusplus.org/what-is-a-forced-default-copy-assignment-operator-in-modern-c/

The declaration and definition of a class are different terms in C++ language. In the next post, we explain what the declaration and definition are and what we mean by an implicitly declared copy assignment operator in C++ along with some examples. https://learncplusplus.org/what-is-implicitly-declared-copy-assignment-operator-in-c/

In C++, the Copy Assignment operator is the default in any class declaration, and it is automatically declared. This is also called the forced copy assignment operator which is default in any class declarations. This means, if you don’t want this default feature, you should delete it by using the delete option as given in the syntax above. In the next post, we explain what we mean by “avoiding implicit copy assignment operator”, and how can we use the delete option with copy assignment in C++ examples. https://learncplusplus.org/what-is-avoiding-implicit-copy-assignment-in-c/

Learn about the copy assignment operator with modern C++ examples

LearnCPlusPlus.org has been producing full educational daily articles about C and modern C++ that can be used with C++ Builder, C++ Builder CE, Dev-C++, BCC Compiler and other compilers such as the GCC compiler. Here are our post picks for today.

What Is A Forced (Default) Copy Assignment Operator In Modern C++

What is Implicitly-declared Copy Assignment Operator In C++?

What is Avoiding Implicit Copy Assignment In C++?

Remember that we had similar topics in some previous posts about Copy Constructors,

Learn about Forced Copy Constructor (Default Copy Constructor) in C++

Learn Implicitly Declared Default Constructor in C++

Learn about Deleted Copy Constructor (Avoiding Implicit Generation of the Copy Constructor)

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