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Overload Unary Minus Operator in C++

This C++ program overloads the minus(-) operator. The program defines a class and instantiates it. The minus operator is defined inside the class. The value of two objects can be subtracted using this operator.

Here is the source code of the C++ program which overloads the minus(-) operator. The C++ program is successfully compiled and run on a Linux system. The program output is also shown below.

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/*
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 * C++ Program to overload minus (-) operator

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 */
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#include <iostream>
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using namespace std;
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class Integer {
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    private:
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        int value;
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    public:
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        Integer(int v) : value(v) { }
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        Integer operator-(Integer i) {
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            value = value - i.value;
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            return *this;
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        }
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	int getValue() { 
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            return value;
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        }
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};
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int main()
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{
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    Integer a(10), b(20);
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    cout << "a = " << a.getValue() << "\n";

    cout << "b = " << b.getValue() << "\n";

    cout << "a - b = " << (a -b).getValue() << "\n";

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}
```

$ a.out
a = 10
b = 20
a - b = -10

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