C++ Operator '<<' error

Question

I have a question regarding a homework assignment.

I have two classes. One is called ticket.cpp, and the other is called TicketOrder.cpp

The main is within the ticket.cpp.

I am using a g++ compiler on Linux.

What I'm doing is trying to is print out a vector of a TicketOrder object called orders, but it gives me the following error:

ticket.cpp:57: error: no match for 'operator<<' in 'std::cout << orders. std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::operator[] with _Tp = TicketOrder, _Alloc = std::allocator'

Here is my code:

ticket.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <limits>
#include <cctype>
#include "TicketOrder.cpp"
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
    int numberoftickets=0;
    string input2;
    char input3;
    int profit=0;
    vector <TicketOrder> orders;
    int atotalmoney=0;
    int btotalmoney=0;
    int ctotalmoney=0;
    int dtotalmoney=0;
    int etotalmoney=0;

    do
    {
        cout << "\nPick a ticket that you would like to buy: \n\n";
        cout << "(A) Students without an activity card: $2.00 \n";
        cout << "(B) Faculty and staff: $3.00 \n";
        cout << "(C) USC alumni: $5.00 \n";
        cout << "(D) UCLA students and alumni: $20.00 \n";
        cout << "(E) Everyone else: $10.00 \n";

        cin >> input3;

        if (input3=='A')
        {
            cout << "How many tickets do you wish to buy? " <<endl;

            if (numberoftickets >0)
            {
                TicketOrder order;
                order.setQuantity(numberoftickets);
                order.setType(input3);
                orders.push_back(order);
                for (int i=0; i< orders.size(); i++)
                {
                    cout << orders[i];
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            cout << "Sorry did not recognize input, try again. " << endl;
        }
    } while (input3 != 'S');

TicketOrder.cpp:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class TicketOrder
{
public :
    //Getters

    int getQuantity() const
    {
        return quantity;
    }

    char  getType() const
    {
        return type;
    }

    //Setters

    void setQuantity (int x)
    {
        quantity=x;
    }

    void setType(char y)
    {
        type =y;
    }

private:
    char type;
    char quantity;

};

Answer 1

As the compiler is clumsily trying to explain, the code is missing an operator<< for the TicketOrder class.

class TicketOrder {
public:
    friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, TicketOrder const& order) {
        os << "Type: " << type << ", quantity: " << quantity;
        return os;
    }

    char type;
    int quantity;
};

(Note: you probably want to change quantity to int.)