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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2004 David Bateman
+Copyright (C) 1998-2004 Andy Adler
+
+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 this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#if !defined (octave_sparse_xdiv_h)
+#define octave_sparse_xdiv_h 1
+
+#include "oct-cmplx.h"
+
+class SparseMatrix;
+class SparseComplexMatrix;
+
+extern Matrix xdiv (const Matrix& a, const SparseMatrix& b);
+extern ComplexMatrix xdiv (const Matrix& a, const SparseComplexMatrix& b);
+extern ComplexMatrix xdiv (const ComplexMatrix& a, const SparseMatrix& b);
+extern ComplexMatrix xdiv (const ComplexMatrix& a, 
+			   const SparseComplexMatrix& b);
+
+extern SparseMatrix xdiv (const SparseMatrix& a, const SparseMatrix& b);
+extern SparseComplexMatrix xdiv (const SparseMatrix& a, 
+				 const SparseComplexMatrix& b);
+extern SparseComplexMatrix xdiv (const SparseComplexMatrix& a, 
+				 const SparseMatrix& b);
+extern SparseComplexMatrix xdiv (const SparseComplexMatrix& a, 
+				 const SparseComplexMatrix& b);
+
+extern Matrix x_el_div (double a, const SparseMatrix& b);
+extern ComplexMatrix x_el_div (double a, const SparseComplexMatrix& b);
+extern ComplexMatrix x_el_div (const Complex a, const SparseMatrix& b);
+extern ComplexMatrix x_el_div (const Complex a, 
+			       const SparseComplexMatrix& b);
+
+extern Matrix xleftdiv (const SparseMatrix& a, const Matrix& b);
+extern ComplexMatrix xleftdiv (const SparseMatrix& a, const ComplexMatrix& b);
+extern ComplexMatrix xleftdiv (const SparseComplexMatrix& a, const Matrix& b);
+extern ComplexMatrix xleftdiv (const SparseComplexMatrix& a, 
+			       const ComplexMatrix& b);
+
+extern SparseMatrix xleftdiv (const SparseMatrix& a, const SparseMatrix& b);
+extern SparseComplexMatrix xleftdiv (const SparseMatrix& a, 
+				     const SparseComplexMatrix& b);
+extern SparseComplexMatrix xleftdiv (const SparseComplexMatrix& a, 
+				     const SparseMatrix& b);
+extern SparseComplexMatrix xleftdiv (const SparseComplexMatrix& a, 
+				     const SparseComplexMatrix& b);
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/