Source of OverloadedAssignment.cpp

Structures and functions

  1: //  Created by Frank M. Carrano and Tim Henry.
  2: //  Copyright (c) 2013 __Pearson Education__. All rights reserved.

  4: // Interlude 5, pp 418 - 419.

  6: template <class ItemType>
  7: LinkedList<ItemType>& LinkedList<ItemType>::operator=(const LinkedList<ItemType>& rightHandSide)
  8: {
  9:    // Check for assignment to self
 10:    if (this != &rightHandSide)
 11:    {
 12:       this->clear();                          // Deallocate left-hand side
 13:       headPtr = copyListNodes(rightHandSide); // Copy list nodes
 14:       itemCount = rightHandSide.itemCount;    // Copy size of list
 15:    }  // end if
 16:    
 17:    return *this;
 18: } // end operator=