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+// Copyright 2002 The Trustees of Indiana University.
+
+// Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software 
+// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+//  Boost.MultiArray Library
+//  Authors: Ronald Garcia
+//           Jeremy Siek
+//           Andrew Lumsdaine
+//  See http://www.boost.org/libs/multi_array for documentation.
+
+#include <cassert>
+#include "boost/multi_array.hpp"
+#include "boost/cstdlib.hpp"
+
+int main () {
+  // Create a 3D array that is 3 x 4 x 2
+  typedef boost::multi_array<double, 3> array;
+  array A(boost::extents[3][4][2]);
+  // Assign a value to an element in the array
+  A[0][0][0] = 3.14;
+  assert(A[0][0][0] == 3.14);
+  return boost::exit_success;
+}