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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2004 David Bateman
+Copyright (C) 1998-2004 Andy Adler
+
+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 this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#if !defined (octave_sparse_sort_h)
+#define octave_sparse_sort_h
+
+#include "oct-sort.h"
+
+class
+octave_sparse_sort_idxl
+{
+ public:
+  unsigned int r;
+  unsigned int c;
+  unsigned int idx; 
+};
+
+bool octave_sparse_sidxl_comp (octave_sparse_sort_idxl* i,
+			       octave_sparse_sort_idxl* j);
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/