C++ Friend Function - Exercise

Using a friend function or a member function

Objective: Write two add() functions to the matrix class, one a friend function and the other a member function and explain the advantages of defining one over the other.

Instructions

Write two add() functions for the following matrix class. These functions, when given two matrices, return a matrix where each element is the sum of the corresponding elements of the argument matrices.
The first add() function will be a nonmember friend function and will have the following declaration:

friend matrix  add(const matrix& m1, const matrix& m2);

The second add() function will be a member function of the matrix class with the following prototype:

matrix  matrix::add(const matrix& m);

In addition to submitting the code for these functions, include a discussion of the advantages of defining one function over the other.

The matrix class

Here is the code for the matrix class:

class matrix {
public:
   matrix(int d);
   matrix(int d1, int d2);
   ~matrix();
   int ub1() const { return (s1 - 1); }
   int ub2() const { return (s2 - 1); }
private:
   int**   p;
   int     s1, s2;
};

matrix::matrix(int d): s1(d), s2(d){
   if (d < 1) {
      // cerr is the standard stream for error output
      // similar to stderr in C
      cerr << "illegal matrix size"
        << d << "by" << d << "\n";
      exit(1);
   }
   p = new int*[s1];
   for (int i = 0; i < s1; i++)
      p[i] = new int[s2];
}

matrix::matrix(int d1, int d2): s1(d1), s2(d2){
   if (d1 < 1 || d2 < 1) {
      cerr << "illegal matrix size"
        << d1 << "by" << d2 << "\n";
      exit(1);
   }
   p = new int*[s1];
   for (int i = 0; i < s1; i++)
      p[i] = new int[s2];
}

matrix::~matrix(){
   for (int i = 0; i <= ub1(); ++i)
      delete p[i];
   delete []p;
}

The code for the matrix class is available in a file named matrix.cpp, which can be found in the compressed course download file available on the Resources page.
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