## Copyright (C) 2008-2012 David Bateman
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {@var{r} =} colon (@var{a}, @var{b})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{r} =} colon (@var{a}, @var{b}, @var{c})
## Method of a class to construct a range with the @code{:} operator.  For
## example:
##
## @example
## @group
## a = myclass (@dots{});
## b = myclass (@dots{});
## c = a : b
## @end group
## @end example
##
## @seealso{class, subsref, subsasgn}
## @end deftypefn

function r = colon (varargin)
  if (nargin != 0)
    error ('colon: not defined for class "%s"', class (varargin{1}));
  endif
endfunction


%!error colon (1)

## FIXME -- what does colon () mean since it doesn't set a return value?