The assignment is to make a linked list class that represents a polynomial. Each node represents one term. Then we have to overload the + operator in order to do the sum of two polynomial. I also overloaded the = operator to create a deep copy of a polynomial and the << operator to display the polynimial.
My probem is within the + operator. This is my code:
Poly Poly::operator+(const Poly& orig)
//Add all the terms from the Left Hand polynomial
while(cur != NULL)
cur = cur->next;
//Add all the terms from the Right Hand polynomial
while(cur2 != NULL)
cur2 = cur2->next;
n.sort(); //sort terms in descending order of exponents
n.simplify();//combine terms with equal exponents into a single term by addition
cout<<"\nFinal sum is: "<<endl<<n;
The line right above the return proves that the operation has succeeded since it displays the correct polynomial. However, in the main function when I do sum=Poly1+Poly2,and cout<<sum it displays only the first term of the sum polynomial.
After investigation I think the problem comes from the " return n" in the + overloading.