First of all I'm sorry for the title, couldn't explain it clearly using only one sentence..
I'm creating an object that has an array and a counter to count how many elements are inside the array at any time, but somehow, the counter loses its value everytime I'm adding a number. I'm using the following function in order to add elements into the array:
Heap operator+=(int newHeap)
{
this->arr[arr_counter] = newHeap;
cout<<newHeap<<" was added to the Heap"<<endl;
cout <<"Currect counter is:"<<arr_counter<<endl;
this->arr_counter++;
cout <<"Currect counter is:"<<arr_counter<<endl;
}
As you can see, after adding an element into the array, I'm increasing the counter by 1.
The code that I'm running in the main is:
Heap<int> hi(10);
int curr;
((hi += 3) += 2);
But somehow, I'm getting the following output:
10 was added to the integers heap! 3 was added to the Heap Currect counter is:1 Currect counter is:2 2 was added to the Heap Currect counter is:-2 Currect counter is:-1
Is there any reason, whatsoever, for the counter to turn into -2 on the next time I'm using the function?
If it helps, the rest of the class is defined that way:
template <>
class Heap<int> {
public:
Heap (int x) {
arr[0]=x;
arr_counter=1;
cout<<this->arr[0]<< " was added to the integers heap!"<<endl;
}
//...some other functions
private:
int arr[10];
int arr_counter;
};
