The Overloaded Equal:

     // *************************************************** //
     //overloading equal operator for CHAR_SLLIST class     //
     // *************************************************** //
CHAR_SLLIST& CHAR_SLLIST::operator=(const CHAR_SLLIST& B)
{
  if (&B != this){
    CHAR_SL_CELL *temp,*previous,*again;
    if(!(B.head==NULL)){
      head->element = B.head->element;
      temp = head;
      again = B.head->next;
      while(!(again==NULL)){
        if(temp->next==NULL)
          temp->next = new CHAR_SL_CELL(name);
        temp->next->element = again->element;
        again = again->next;
	previous = temp;
        temp = temp->next;
        }
      //we have finished loading the values of B
      //check to see if the left side object of the A=B
      //still contains more elements.  If so, we must
      //delete these unwanted cells
      if(!(temp->next==NULL)){
        previous = temp;
	previous->next = NULL;
        delete temp->next;
	temp = previous;
	}
      }
    }
  return *this;
}