Overloaded + operator not working correctly. [C++]?

I am trying to use an overloaded + operator to find the total balance for two values. I am messing up with the way to set them up, or forgetting something. I am getting values such as -9.543e2433





The code I am using for the operator is








Account operator*(Account %26amp;right)


{


Account temp;


int temp2;


temp2 = (Balance * right.getBalance());


temp.setExistingBalance(temp2);


return temp;


}








I've looked for examples to see if I did it wrong, but from what I have looked at, it should have worked, unless I am not noticing something.





Any tips or suggestions on how I could go about fixing it would help me greatly.

Overloaded + operator not working correctly. [C++]?
Unless I'm misreading something, it looks like you used '*' when you said you wanted to overload the '+' operator. Unless that's just a typo in the YA! question...





addl: You may know more than me, but, when I've set up overloaded operators in C++ with the intent of just adding numbers, I always had the function returning a variable, like double or int. It looks like you're trying to return an object. Is this on purpose? If I know the reason behind it I may be able to help.





addl: Is this overloaded operator a part of the object you made? If not I'd try to make it a member. Seems to work better that way.





addl: Here's how I would write it. See if this helps.





void Account::operator+(Account %26amp;right)


{


int temp;


temp = savings + right.getChecking();


right.setTotalBalance(temp);


}





Basically, it sounds like you don't need it to return a value. You just need it to set the values. Because I don't know your entire code, you may need to tweak this to fit your program especially since I don't know which object needs the total balance set. If you sometimes need it to return a value, just change void to double or int or whatever you need, and have it return variable 'temp'. Like I said, this may not work exactly because I don't know all the code. But, based on my experience AND a couple of C++ books I have here, this should point you in the right direction.