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+// This file is part of Eigen, a lightweight C++ template library
+// for linear algebra.
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2009 Gael Guennebaud <gael.guennebaud@inria.fr>
+//
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla
+// Public License v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed
+// with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+#include "main.h"
+
+template<typename MatrixType> void replicate(const MatrixType& m)
+{
+  /* this test covers the following files:
+     Replicate.cpp
+  */
+  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
+  typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
+  typedef Matrix<Scalar, MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, 1> VectorType;
+  typedef Matrix<Scalar, Dynamic, Dynamic> MatrixX;
+  typedef Matrix<Scalar, Dynamic, 1> VectorX;
+
+  Index rows = m.rows();
+  Index cols = m.cols();
+
+  MatrixType m1 = MatrixType::Random(rows, cols),
+             m2 = MatrixType::Random(rows, cols);
+
+  VectorType v1 = VectorType::Random(rows);
+
+  MatrixX x1, x2;
+  VectorX vx1;
+
+  int  f1 = internal::random<int>(1,10),
+       f2 = internal::random<int>(1,10);
+
+  x1.resize(rows*f1,cols*f2);
+  for(int j=0; j<f2; j++)
+  for(int i=0; i<f1; i++)
+    x1.block(i*rows,j*cols,rows,cols) = m1;
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(x1, m1.replicate(f1,f2));
+
+  x2.resize(2*rows,3*cols);
+  x2 << m2, m2, m2,
+        m2, m2, m2;
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(x2, (m2.template replicate<2,3>()));
+
+  x2.resize(rows,f1);
+  for (int j=0; j<f1; ++j)
+    x2.col(j) = v1;
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(x2, v1.rowwise().replicate(f1));
+
+  vx1.resize(rows*f2);
+  for (int j=0; j<f2; ++j)
+    vx1.segment(j*rows,rows) = v1;
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(vx1, v1.colwise().replicate(f2));
+}
+
+void test_array_replicate()
+{
+  for(int i = 0; i < g_repeat; i++) {
+    CALL_SUBTEST_1( replicate(Matrix<float, 1, 1>()) );
+    CALL_SUBTEST_2( replicate(Vector2f()) );
+    CALL_SUBTEST_3( replicate(Vector3d()) );
+    CALL_SUBTEST_4( replicate(Vector4f()) );
+    CALL_SUBTEST_5( replicate(VectorXf(16)) );
+    CALL_SUBTEST_6( replicate(VectorXcd(10)) );
+  }
+}