Overload minus operator -
#include <iostream> class Counter//from w w w . j a v a2s .c o m { public: Counter(); ~Counter(){} int getValue() const { return value; } void setValue(int x) { value = x; } void increment() { ++value; } const Counter& operator++(); const Counter& operator--(); private: int value; }; Counter::Counter(): value(0) {} const Counter& Counter::operator++() { ++value; return *this; } const Counter& Counter::operator--() { --value; return *this; } int main() { Counter c; std::cout << "The value of c is " << c.getValue() << "\n"; --c; std::cout << "The value of c is " << c.getValue() << "\n"; ++c; std::cout << "The value of c is " << c.getValue() << "\n"; Counter a = ++c; std::cout << "The value of a: " << a.getValue(); std::cout << " and c: " << c.getValue() << "\n"; return 0; }