# Copyright (C) 1993, 1994 John W. Eaton
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function retval = reshape (a, m, n)

# usage: reshape (a, m, n)
#
# Form an m x n matrix from the elements of a (taken in Fortran's
# column major ordering).
#
# See also: `:', do_fortran_indexing

  if (nargin != 3)
    usage ("reshape (a, m, n)");
  else
    [nr, nc] = size (a);
    if (nr * nc == m * n)
      tmp = do_fortran_indexing;
      unwind_protect
        do_fortran_indexing = "true";
        retval = zeros (m, n);
        retval (:) = a;
      unwind_protect_cleanup
        do_fortran_indexing = tmp;
      end_unwind_protect
    else
      error ("reshape: sizes must match");
    endif
  endif

endfunction