Error overloading operator

[jigneshdgreat]

I am getting this error "<< operator function should take two parameters"
I wanted to overload << operator so as to work like "cout<<s;" where s is a string object

#include<iostream.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<string.h>
class string
{
	char *name;
	int length;
	public:
	string()
	{
	}
	string(char *s)
	{   	
		length=strlen(s);
		name=new char[length+1];
		strcpy(name,s);
	}
	friend void operator<<(string m);
	};
void operator<<(string m)
{
	cout<<m.name;
}
int main()
{
	string s1("hello world");
	<<s1;
	return 0;
}

[Gaminic]

You say you want to overload an operator, but you're doing it as if you want to define a function. There's a big difference in both syntax and meaning.

Here's a tutorial on overloading the inserter operator:
http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/Cpp/0200__Operator-Overloading/Useafriendtooverload.htm

[bluecoder]

You are putting in the wrong way . you cannot create string class as string is the data type.

[LB]

Use <iostream> and not <iostream.h>
Don't use <conio.h>
Use <string> and not <string.h>, or if you want to call your class lowercase "string" then don't include the string header at all.

As for your smaller problem, it has already been answered above.