// Scilab ( http://www.scilab.org/ ) - This file is part of Scilab
// Copyright (C) INRIA
// Copyright (C) DIGITEO - 2011 - Allan CORNET
//
// This file must be used under the terms of the CeCILL.
// This source file is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
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function n=ndims(A)
    [lhs, rhs] = argn(0);
    if rhs <> 1 then
        error(msprintf(gettext("%s: Wrong number of input argument(s): %d expected.\n"),"ndims", 1));
    end
    //returns the number of dimension of an array
    n = size(size(A), 2)
endfunction