#include <iostream> using namespace std; class myclass { int num; public: myclass(int x) { num = x; } friend int isneg(myclass ob); }; int isneg(myclass ob) { return (ob.num < 0) ? 1 : 0; } int main() { myclass a(-1), b(2); cout << isneg(a) << ' ' << isneg(b); cout << endl; return 0; }