## Copyright (C) 2008-2011 David Bateman
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} display (@var{a})
## Display the contents of an object.  If @var{a} is an object of the
## class "myclass", then @code{display} is called in a case like
##
## @example
## myclass (@dots{})
## @end example
##
## @noindent
## where Octave is required to display the contents of a variable of the
## type "myclass".
##
## @seealso{class, subsref, subsasgn}
## @end deftypefn

function idx = display (a)
  if (nargin == 1)
    error ("display: not defined for class \"%s\"", class(a));
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif
endfunction