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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1999 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 <strstream.h>
+
+#include "lo-utils.h"
+
+#include "defun.h"
+#include "error.h"
+#include "ov-cell.h"
+#include "unwind-prot.h"
+
+DEFINE_OCTAVE_ALLOCATOR (octave_cell);
+
+DEFINE_OV_TYPEID_FUNCTIONS_AND_DATA (octave_cell, "cell");
+
+octave_value
+octave_cell::do_index_op (const octave_value_list& idx)
+{
+  octave_value retval;
+
+#if 0
+  if (idx.length () == 1)
+    {
+      idx_vector i = idx (0).index_vector ();
+
+      retval = octave_value_list (lst.index (i));
+    }
+  else
+    error ("lists may only be indexed by a single scalar");
+#endif
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+void
+octave_cell::assign (const octave_value_list& idx, const octave_value& rhs)
+{
+#if 0
+  if (idx.length () == 1)
+    {
+      int i = idx(0).int_value (true);
+
+      if (! error_state)
+	{
+	  int n = lst.length ();
+
+	  if (i > 0 && (Vresize_on_range_error || i <= n))
+	    lst(i-1) = rhs;
+	  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");
+#endif
+}
+
+void
+octave_cell::print (ostream& os, bool) const
+{
+  print_raw (os);
+}
+
+void
+octave_cell::print_raw (ostream& os, bool) const
+{
+  unwind_protect::begin_frame ("octave_cell_print");
+
+  int nr = cell_val.rows ();
+  int nc = cell_val.columns();
+
+  if (nr > 0 && nc > 0)
+    {
+      indent (os);
+      os << "{";
+      newline (os);
+
+      increment_indent_level ();
+
+      for (int j = 0; j < nc; j++)
+	{
+	  for (int i = 0; i < nr; i++)
+	    {
+	      ostrstream buf;
+	      buf << "[" << i+1 << "," << j+1 << "]" << ends;
+	      const char *nm = buf.str ();
+
+	      octave_value val = cell_val(i,j);
+
+	      val.print_with_name (os, nm);
+
+	      delete [] nm;
+	    }
+	}
+
+      decrement_indent_level ();
+
+      indent (os);
+
+      os << "}";
+    }
+  else
+    os << "{}";
+
+  newline (os);
+
+  unwind_protect::run_frame ("octave_cell_print");
+}
+
+bool
+octave_cell::print_name_tag (ostream& os, const string& name) const
+{
+  indent (os);
+  if (is_empty ())
+    os << name << " = ";
+  else
+    {
+      os << name << " =";
+      newline (os);
+    }
+  return false;
+}
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/