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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
+              2006, 2007 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 3 of the License, 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, see
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+
+#if !defined (octave_FloatColumnVector_h)
+#define octave_FloatColumnVector_h 1
+
+#include "MArray.h"
+
+#include "mx-defs.h"
+
+class
+OCTAVE_API
+FloatColumnVector : public MArray<float>
+{
+public:
+
+  FloatColumnVector (void) : MArray<float> () { }
+
+  explicit FloatColumnVector (octave_idx_type n) : MArray<float> (n) { }
+
+  FloatColumnVector (octave_idx_type n, float val) : MArray<float> (n, val) { }
+
+  FloatColumnVector (const FloatColumnVector& a) : MArray<float> (a) { }
+
+  FloatColumnVector (const MArray<float>& a) : MArray<float> (a) { }
+
+  FloatColumnVector& operator = (const FloatColumnVector& a)
+    {
+      MArray<float>::operator = (a);
+      return *this;
+    }
+
+  bool operator == (const FloatColumnVector& a) const;
+  bool operator != (const FloatColumnVector& a) const;
+
+  // destructive insert/delete/reorder operations
+
+  FloatColumnVector& insert (const FloatColumnVector& a, octave_idx_type r);
+
+  FloatColumnVector& fill (float val);
+  FloatColumnVector& fill (float val, octave_idx_type r1, octave_idx_type r2);
+
+  FloatColumnVector stack (const FloatColumnVector& a) const;
+
+  FloatRowVector transpose (void) const;
+
+  friend OCTAVE_API FloatColumnVector real (const FloatComplexColumnVector& a);
+  friend OCTAVE_API FloatColumnVector imag (const FloatComplexColumnVector& a);
+
+  // resize is the destructive equivalent for this one
+
+  FloatColumnVector extract (octave_idx_type r1, octave_idx_type r2) const;
+
+  FloatColumnVector extract_n (octave_idx_type r1, octave_idx_type n) const;
+
+  // matrix by column vector -> column vector operations
+
+  friend OCTAVE_API FloatColumnVector operator * (const FloatMatrix& a, const FloatColumnVector& b);
+
+  // diagonal matrix by column vector -> column vector operations
+
+  friend OCTAVE_API FloatColumnVector operator * (const FloatDiagMatrix& a, const FloatColumnVector& b);
+
+  // other operations
+
+  typedef float (*dmapper) (float);
+  typedef FloatComplex (*cmapper) (const FloatComplex&);
+
+  FloatColumnVector map (dmapper fcn) const;
+  FloatComplexColumnVector map (cmapper fcn) const;
+
+  float min (void) const;
+  float max (void) const;
+
+  // i/o
+
+  friend OCTAVE_API std::ostream& operator << (std::ostream& os, const FloatColumnVector& a);
+  friend OCTAVE_API std::istream& operator >> (std::istream& is, FloatColumnVector& a);
+
+private:
+
+  FloatColumnVector (float *d, octave_idx_type l) : MArray<float> (d, l) { }
+};
+
+// Publish externally used friend functions.
+
+extern OCTAVE_API FloatColumnVector real (const FloatComplexColumnVector& a);
+extern OCTAVE_API FloatColumnVector imag (const FloatComplexColumnVector& a);
+
+MARRAY_FORWARD_DEFS (MArray, FloatColumnVector, float)
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/