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20 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{r} =} colon (@var{a}, @var{b})
21 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{r} =} colon (@var{a}, @var{b}, @var{c})
22 ## Method of a class to construct a range with the @code{:} operator. For
27 ## a = myclass (@dots{});
28 ## b = myclass (@dots{});
33 ## @seealso{class, subsref, subsasgn}
36 function r = colon (varargin)
38 error ("colon: not defined for class \"%s\"", class(varargin{1}));
44 ## FIXME -- what does colon () mean since it doesn't set a return value?