From 5f27dcd05e1f95523087210d536f17ee47feb1c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Butcher3Years <btech10451.24@bitmesra.ac.in>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 01:04:12 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] All about arrow operator and its Overloading

---
 Arrow Operator/Log.cpp    | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Arrow Operator/main.cpp   | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Arrow Operator/offset.cpp | 26 ++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 135 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Arrow Operator/Log.cpp
 create mode 100644 Arrow Operator/main.cpp
 create mode 100644 Arrow Operator/offset.cpp

diff --git a/Arrow Operator/Log.cpp b/Arrow Operator/Log.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5eab9ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Arrow Operator/Log.cpp	
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+class Entity
+{
+public :
+   int x;
+
+ public : 
+     void Print() const //need a const method to process on later
+     {
+        std::cout << "Hello!" << std::endl;
+     }  
+};
+
+class scopedptr
+{
+private :
+   Entity* m_Obj;
+ public :
+   scopedptr(Entity* entity)
+        :m_Obj(entity)
+        {
+        }
+
+   ~scopedptr()
+   {
+      delete m_Obj;
+   }  
+   
+    //Entity* GetObject()  {  return m_Obj; }
+    Entity* operator->()//we are overloading it
+    {
+        return m_Obj;
+    }
+
+    const Entity* operator->() const
+    {
+         return m_Obj;
+    }
+};
+
+
+
+int main()
+{
+    const scopedptr entity = new Entity();//like Entity* entity = new Entity(); and for const scoped we need const version of the overloading
+   //entity.GetObject()->Print();
+   entity->Print();
+
+    std::cin.get();
+}
+
diff --git a/Arrow Operator/main.cpp b/Arrow Operator/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a620f94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Arrow Operator/main.cpp	
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+class Entity
+{
+public :
+   int x;
+
+ public : 
+     void Print() const 
+     {
+        std::cout << "Hello!" << std::endl;
+     }  
+};
+
+class scopedptr
+{
+private :
+   Entity* m_Obj;
+ public :
+   scopedptr(Entity* entity)
+        :m_Obj(entity)
+        {
+        }
+
+   ~scopedptr()
+   {
+      delete m_Obj;
+   }     
+};
+
+
+
+int main()
+{
+
+    Entity e;
+    e.Print();
+
+
+    Entity* ptr = &e;
+
+    ptr->Print();//DEREF Entity ptr
+
+    ptr->x = 2;
+    //Entity& entity = *ptr;//DEREF
+    //ptr.Print();//JUST A POINTER or we can do (*ptr).Print();
+    //entity.Print();
+
+
+
+    std::cin.get();
+}
+
+// ABOUT HOW ARROW OPERATOR AFFECTS STRUCT AND CLASS POINTERS
+// AS an Operator we can overload it and use it on our own custom classes
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Arrow Operator/offset.cpp b/Arrow Operator/offset.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a71ec7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Arrow Operator/offset.cpp	
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+struct Vector3
+{
+        float x, y, z;//if x,z,y we have different layout in memory even though same kinda class 
+};
+
+
+int main()
+{
+   int offset = (int)&((Vector3*)0)->y;//kinda give me a invalid memory without ref and after it will give offset
+    std::cout << offset << std::endl;
+
+
+      /*or
+      &((Vector3*)nullptr)->x;
+      */
+
+    std::cin.get();
+}
+
+//suppose we need to find offset of this y variable was in the memory
+//x is 0 y is 4 and z is 8 bytes in the struct!
+//in C++, offset refers to the distance, measured in bytes, from a reference point—typically the beginning of a data structure (like a struct or class)—to a specific member or memory location. 
+//useful when we serialising data in game engines