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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 <iostream.h>
+
+#include "lo-utils.h"
+
+#include "defun.h"
+#include "error.h"
+#include "help.h"
+#include "ov-list.h"
+#include "unwind-prot.h"
+
+octave_allocator
+octave_list::allocator (sizeof (octave_list));
+
+int
+octave_list::t_id (-1);
+
+const string
+octave_list::t_name ("list");
+
+octave_value
+octave_list::index (const octave_value_list& idx) const
+{
+  octave_value retval;
+
+  if (idx.length () == 1)
+    {
+      double d = idx(0).double_value ();
+
+      if (! error_state)
+	{
+	  if (D_NINT (d) == d)
+	    {
+	      int n = lst.length ();
+
+	      int i = static_cast<int> (d);
+
+	      if (i > 0 && i <= n)
+		retval = lst(i-1);
+	      else
+		error ("list index = %d out of range", i);
+	    }
+	  else
+	    error ("list index must be an integer");
+	}
+    }
+  else
+    error ("lists may only be indexed by a single scalar");
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+void
+octave_list::print (ostream& os, bool)
+{
+  begin_unwind_frame ("octave_list_print");
+
+  unwind_protect_int (list_indent);
+
+  os.form ("\n%*s{\n", list_indent, "");
+
+  increment_list_indent ();
+
+  int n = lst.length ();
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
+    {
+      bool pad_after = false;
+
+      octave_value val = lst(i);
+
+      os.form ("%*s", list_indent, "");
+
+      if (val.print_as_scalar ())
+	os << " ";
+      else if (val.is_list ())
+	pad_after = true;
+      else
+	{
+	  pad_after = true;
+
+	  os << "\n\n";
+	}
+
+      val.print (os);
+
+      if (pad_after)
+	os << "\n";
+    }
+
+  decrement_list_indent ();
+
+  os.form ("%*s%s", list_indent, "", "}\n");
+
+  run_unwind_frame ("octave_list_print");
+}
+
+DEFUN (make_list, args, ,
+  "make_list (ARGS)\n\
+\n\
+Create a new list from ARGS.")
+{
+  return octave_value (args);
+}
+
+DEFUN (append, args, ,
+  "append (LIST, ARGS)\n\
+\n\
+Return a new list created by appending ARGS to LIST")
+{
+  octave_value retval;
+
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin > 1)
+    {
+      octave_value_list tmp = args(0).list_value ();
+
+      if (! error_state)
+	{
+	  for (int i = 1; i < nargin; i++)
+	    tmp.append (args(i));
+
+	  retval = tmp;
+	}
+    }
+  else
+    print_usage ("append");
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+DEFUN (reverse, args, ,
+  "reverse (LIST)\n\
+\n\
+Return a new list created by reversing the elements of LIST")
+{
+  octave_value retval;
+
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin == 1)
+    {
+      octave_value_list tmp = args(0).list_value ();
+
+      if (! error_state)
+	  retval = tmp.reverse ();
+    }
+  else
+    print_usage ("reverse");
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/