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    copied!<p>I am having trouble getting my homework assignment to work properly. I have overloaded my '==' operator, but still I get this error. Not really sure why it's being thrown or how to fix it. Any help would be appreciated.</p> <p>Here is my algorithm:</p> <pre><code>/* Performs a recursive binary search on the given array. It returns * the index of the found value, -1 otherwise. */ template &lt;typename T, typename V&gt; int binarySearch(T* list[], const V&amp; searchValue, const int firstIndex, const int lastIndex) { if (firstIndex &lt;= lastIndex) { int mid = (firstIndex + lastIndex) / 2; //mid point of list. if (searchValue == *list[mid]) return mid; // found value. else if (searchValue &lt; *list[mid]) return binarySearch(list, firstIndex, mid - 1, searchValue); else return binarySearch(list, mid + 1, lastIndex, searchValue); } return -1; //failed to find value } </code></pre> <p>Debugger says this line in main is where the error originates:</p> <pre><code>// Search the person array. cout &lt;&lt; "Searching people array for person with name = 'Mickey Mouse': " &lt;&lt; (binarySearch(person, "Mickey Mouse", 0, 7) != -1? "found it." : "did not find it.") &lt;&lt; endl; </code></pre> <p>Here is my person class header file showing the overloaded operator:</p> <pre><code>#ifndef PERSON_H #define PERSON_H #include &lt;string&gt; #include &lt;iostream&gt; using namespace std; namespace P03 { class Person {...}; // end Person /* Displays a Person to the screen. * Calls the toString() method. */ ostream&amp; operator &lt;&lt;(ostream&amp; out, const Person&amp; person) { return out &lt;&lt; person.toString(); } /* The following relational operators compare two instances of the * Person class. The comparison is made on the compound value of: * &lt;lastName&gt;&lt;space&gt;&lt;firstName&gt; */ bool operator ==(const Person&amp; lhs, const Person&amp; rhs) { return lhs.getName() == rhs.getName(); } /*other operators*/ ... } // end namespace P03 #endif </code></pre> <p>Not sure if more of my code is needed. I will update if need be.</p>
 

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