--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/oct-lvalue.cc	Thu May 15 22:36:40 1997 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 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.
+
+*/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "oct-obj.h"
+#include "oct-lvalue.h"
+#include "ov.h"
+
+void
+octave_lvalue::assign (octave_value::assign_op op, const octave_value& rhs)
+{
+  octave_value saved_val;
+
+  if (chg_fcn)
+    octave_value saved_val = *val;
+
+  if (idx.empty ())
+    {
+      if (struct_elt_name.empty ())
+	val->assign (op, rhs);
+      else
+	val->assign_struct_elt (op, struct_elt_name, rhs);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      if (struct_elt_name.empty ())
+	val->assign (op, idx, rhs);
+      else
+	val->assign_struct_elt (op, struct_elt_name, idx, rhs);
+    }
+
+  if (chg_fcn && chg_fcn () < 0)
+    *val = saved_val;
+
+  // Clear index so subsequent value() operations will not perform an
+  // indexing operation.
+
+  idx = octave_value_list ();
+}
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/