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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#if defined (__GNUG__)
+#pragma implementation
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "lo-ieee.h"
+#include "lo-utils.h"
+
+#include "gripes.h"
+#include "ops.h"
+#include "ov-range.h"
+#include "ov-re-mat.h"
+#include "pr-output.h"
+
+int octave_range::t_id = -1;
+
+const string octave_range::t_name ("range");
+
+static octave_value *
+default_numeric_conversion_function (const octave_value& a)
+{
+  CAST_CONV_ARG (const octave_range&);
+
+  return new octave_matrix (v.matrix_value ());
+}
+
+octave_value::numeric_conv_fcn
+octave_range::numeric_conversion_function (void) const
+{
+  return default_numeric_conversion_function;
+}
+
+double
+octave_range::double_value (bool) const
+{
+  double retval = octave_NaN;
+
+  int nel = range.nelem ();
+
+  if (nel == 1 || (nel > 1 && Vdo_fortran_indexing))
+    retval = range.base ();
+  else
+    gripe_invalid_conversion ("range", "real scalar");
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+octave_value
+octave_range::all (void) const
+{
+  octave_value retval;
+  error ("octave_range::all(): not implemented");
+  return retval;
+}
+
+octave_value
+octave_range::any (void) const
+{
+  octave_value retval;
+  error ("octave_range::any(): not implemented");
+  return retval;
+}
+
+bool
+octave_range::is_true (void) const
+{
+  bool retval = false;
+  error ("octave_range::is_true(): not implemented");
+  return retval;
+}
+
+Complex
+octave_range::complex_value (bool) const
+{
+  Complex retval (octave_NaN, octave_NaN);
+
+  int nel = range.nelem ();
+
+  if (nel == 1 || (nel > 1 && Vdo_fortran_indexing))
+    retval = range.base ();
+  else
+    gripe_invalid_conversion ("range", "complex scalar");
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+octave_value
+octave_range::transpose (void) const
+{
+  Matrix tmp (matrix_value ());
+  return tmp.transpose ();
+}
+
+octave_value
+octave_range::hermitian (void) const
+{
+  Matrix tmp (matrix_value ());
+  return tmp.transpose ();
+}
+
+void
+octave_range::print (ostream& os)
+{
+  octave_print_internal (os, range, false, struct_indent);
+}
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/