#include <iostream> using namespace std; class charArray { public: charArray(int len) { length = len; buffer = new char[length]; } int getLength() { return length; } char & operator[](int i); ~charArray() { delete[] buffer; } private: int length; char *buffer; }; char & charArray::operator[](int i) { static char ch = 0; if(i>0 && i < length) return buffer[i]; else { cout<<"out of range!"<<endl; return ch; } } int main() { int i; charArray str1(8); char * str2 = "string"; for(i=0;i<7;i++) { str1[i] = str2[i]; } for(i = 0;i< 7;i++) { cout<<str1[i]; } cout<<str1.getLength()<<endl; return 0; }