Can I create a new operator in C++ and how?

Question

MATLAB arrays support matrix operations and element operations. For example, M*N and M.*N. This is a quite intuitive way to distinguish ‎the two di

Answer 1

It's as simple (and as difficult!) as defining a function named (in this case) operator*():

Matrix operator*(const Matrix &m1, const Matrix &m2) ...

where Matrix is a class you've defined to represent matrices.