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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2005 David Bateman
+Copyright (C) 1998-2005 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, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#if !defined (octave_sparse_util_h)
+#define octave_sparse_util_h 1
+
+extern void SparseCholError (int status, char *file, int line, char *message);
+extern int SparseCholPrint (const char *fmt, ...);
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/