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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 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 "gripes.h"
+#include "ov.h"
+#include "ov-ch-mat.h"
+#include "ov-typeinfo.h"
+#include "ops.h"
+
+// char matrix unary ops.
+
+DEFUNOP (transpose, char_matrix)
+{
+  CAST_UNOP_ARG (const octave_char_matrix&);
+
+  return octave_value (v.matrix_value().transpose ());
+}
+
+void
+install_chm_ops (void)
+{
+  INSTALL_UNOP (transpose, octave_char_matrix, transpose);
+  INSTALL_UNOP (hermitian, octave_char_matrix, transpose);
+}
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/

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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 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 "gripes.h"
+#include "ov.h"
+#include "ov-range.h"
+#include "ov-typeinfo.h"
+#include "ops.h"
+
+// range unary ops.
+
+DEFUNOP (not, range)
+{
+  CAST_UNOP_ARG (const octave_range&);
+
+  return octave_value (! v.matrix_value());
+}
+
+DEFUNOP_OP (uminus, range, -)
+
+DEFUNOP (transpose, range)
+{
+  CAST_UNOP_ARG (const octave_range&);
+
+  return octave_value (v.matrix_value().transpose ());
+}
+
+void
+install_range_ops (void)
+{
+  INSTALL_UNOP (not, octave_range, not);
+  INSTALL_UNOP (uminus, octave_range, uminus);
+  INSTALL_UNOP (transpose, octave_range, transpose);
+  INSTALL_UNOP (hermitian, octave_range, transpose);
+}
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/