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+# Copyright (C) 1996 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.
+
+function m = str2mat (...)
+  
+# usage:  m = str2mat (s1, ...)
+#
+# Forms the matrix M containing the strings S1, ... as its rows.
+# Each string is padded with blanks in order to form a valid matrix.
+
+# Original version by Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at>.
+
+  if (nargin == 0)
+    usage ("str2mat (s1, ...)");
+  endif
+
+  nc = 0;
+
+  va_start ();
+
+  for k = 1 : nargin
+    s = va_arg ();
+    if (isstr (s))
+      tmp = columns (s);
+    else
+      error ("str2mat: all arguments must be strings");
+    endif
+
+    if (tmp > nc)
+      nc = tmp;
+    endif
+  endfor
+
+  m = setstr (ones (nargin, nc) * toascii (" "));
+
+  va_start ();
+
+  for k = 1 : nargin
+    s = va_arg ();
+    tmp = columns (s);
+    if (tmp > 0)
+      m (k, 1:tmp) = s;
+    endif
+  endfor
+  
+endfunction