assignment operator trouble.

[iapetus7]

So i have this class CVector which looks a little like this

class CVector
{
const CVector& operator=(const CVector& right)
{
X = right.X;
Y = right.Y;
Z = right.Z;

return *this;
}

const CVector& operator |=(const float length) const
{
return *this = ( *this | length );
}

float X, Y, Z;
}

and im getting the following error

c:\nebula studios\project s\game\game\vec tor.h(121) : error C2678: binary '=' : no operator found which takes a left-hand operand of type 'const CVector' (or there is no acceptable conversion)
c:\nebula studios\project s\game\game\vec tor.h(13): could be 'const CVector &CVector::opera tor =(const CVector &)'
while trying to match the argument list '(const CVector, const CVector)'

thrown by the line
return *this = ( *this | length );

i dont know if its the line itself or the assignment operator, from wat i understand it should work.

[stroken]

Have you declared operator |, and how?

[iapetus7]

ya, here is the code
const float operator !() const
{
return sqrtf(X*X + Y*Y + Z*Z);
}

const CVector operator |(const float length) const
{
return *this * (length/ !(*this));
}

[horace1]

you need an operator*(), also you declare

const CVector& operator |=(const float length)  const
{
return *this = ( *this | length );
}

as a constant member function yet you change *this, should it be

const CVector& operator |=(const float length) 
{
return *this = ( *this | length );
}

[iapetus7]

hahaha omg that was it??? lol, i feel like such an idoit now. Thanks man. (ya it was the const thing. the * operator was defined, thought i had included it in the first post. sorry.