Class, copy constructor, copy assignment

//============================================================================
// Name        : classCpConstCpAssign.cpp
// Author      : chd
// Version     :
// Copyright   : Your copyright notice
// Description : Example of copy constructor and copy assignment, C++Ansi-style
//============================================================================

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class triple{

	float *data;

public:
	//constructor
	triple(float a, float b, float c);
	//destructor
	~triple(){delete[] data;}
	//copy constructor
	triple(const triple& t);
	//copy assignment
	triple& operator=(const triple& t);

	//different classes can share friends
	friend triple add(const triple&, const triple&);
	//prints the members
	void print() const {
		cout<<"|"<<data[0]<<"|"<<data[1]<<"|"<<data[2]<<"|"<<endl;
	}

};


triple::triple(float a, float b, float c){

	data=new float[3];
	data[0]=a;
	data[1]=b;
	data[2]=c;

}

triple::triple(const triple& t){
	//here we have to construct/allocate memory first
	data=new float[3];
	for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
		data[i]=t.data[i];
	}
}

triple& triple::operator =(const triple& t){

	//memory here already exists

	if (this!=&t){

		for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
			data[i]=t.data[i];
		}

	}

	return *this;

}


triple add(const triple& t1, const triple& t2){

	return triple(t1.data[0]+t2.data[0],t1.data[1]+t2.data[1],t1.data[2]+t2.data[2]);

}

int main() {
	triple t1(1,2,3);
	triple t2(4,5,6);
	triple t3=add(t1,t2);
	t3.print();
	return 0;
}