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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} strcat (@var{s1}, @var{s2}, @dots{})
## Return a string containing all the arguments concatenated.  For example,
##
## @example
## @group
## s = [ "ab"; "cde" ];
## strcat (s, s, s)
##      @result{} "ab ab ab "
##         "cdecdecde"
## @end group
## @end example
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function st = strcat (varargin)

  if (nargin < 1)
    print_usage ();
  elseif (! iscellstr (varargin))
    error ("strcat: all arguments must be strings");
  endif

  unwind_protect
    tmp = warning ("query", "Octave:empty-list-elements");
    warning ("off", "Octave:empty-list-elements");
    st = [varargin{:}];
  unwind_protect_cleanup
    warning (tmp.state, "Octave:empty-list-elements");
  end_unwind_protect

endfunction

## test the dimensionality
## 1d
%!assert(strcat("ab ", "ab "), "ab ab ")
## 2d
%!assert(strcat(["ab ";"cde"], ["ab ";"cde"]), ["ab ab ";"cdecde"])