[ fromfile: useroperators.xml id: None ]

[ . . . . ]
class Vect {
public:
    explicit Vect(int n = 10);
    ~Vect() {
        delete []m_P;
    }
    int& operator[](int i) {   
        assert (i >= 0 && i < m_Size);
        return m_P[i];
    }
    int  ub() const {
        return (m_Size - 1);
    }                          
private:
    int*  m_P;
    int   m_Size;
};

Vect::Vect(int n) : m_Size(n) {
    assert(n > 0);
    m_P = new int[m_Size];
}
[ . . . . ]

#include "vect1.h"

int main() {
    Vect a(60), b[20];

    b[1][5] = 7;
    cout << " 1 element 5 = "<< b[1][5] << endl;
    for (int i = 0; i <= a.ub(); ++i)
        a[i] = 2 * i + 1;
    for (int i = a.ub(); i >= 0; --i)
        cout << ((a[i] < 100) ? " " : "" )
        << ((a[i] < 10) ? " " : "" )
        << a[i]
        << ((i % 10) ? "  " : "\n");
    cout << endl;
    cout << "Now try to access an out-of-range index"
    << endl;
    cout << a[62] << endl;
}

src/operators/vect1> ./vect1
 1 element 5 = 7
119  117  115  113  111  109  107  105  103  101
 99   97   95   93   91   89   87   85   83   81
 79   77   75   73   71   69   67   65   63   61
 59   57   55   53   51   49   47   45   43   41
 39   37   35   33   31   29   27   25   23   21
 19   17   15   13   11    9    7    5    3    1

Now try to access an out-of-range index
vect1: vect1.h:16: int& Vect::operator[](int):
Assertion `i >= 0 && i < m_Size' failed.
Aborted
src/operators/vect1>