//******************************************************** // The following code example is taken from the book // C++23 - The Complete Guide // by Nicolai M. Josuttis (www.josuttis.com) // http://www.cppstd23.com // // The code is licensed under a // Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License // http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ //******************************************************** #include #include class Person { private: std::string name; public: Person (const std::string& n) : name{n} { } //... friend std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& os, const Person& p) { return os << '[' << p.name << ']'; } void print () const { std::cout << *this << '\n'; // delegate work to the output operator } void clear() { // clear the name name = ""; } };