## Copyright (C) 2004 David Bateman & Andy Adler
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{y} =} sphcat (@var{a1}, @var{a2}, @dots{}, @var{aN})
## Return the horizontal concatenation of sparse matrices. This function
## is obselete and @code{horzcat} should be used
## @end deftypefn
## @seealso {spvcat, vertcat, horzcat, cat}

function y = sphcat (varargin)

  persistent sphcat_warned = false;

  if (!sphcat_warned)
    sphcat_warned = true;
    warning ("sphcat: This function is depreciated. Use horzcat instead");
  endif

  y = horzcat (varargin{:});
endfunction