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*
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*
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*
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// TypeScript Version: 4.1

/// <reference types="@stdlib/types"/>

import { ArrayLike } from '@stdlib/types/array';

/**
* Broadcasts array shapes to a single shape.
*
* ## Notes
*
* -   Two respective dimensions in two shape arrays are compatible if
*
*     1.  the dimensions are equal.
*     2.  one dimension is `1`.
*
* -   The function returns `null` if provided incompatible shapes (i.e., shapes which cannot be broadcast with one another).
*
* @param shapes - array shapes
* @returns broadcast shape
*
* @example
* var shapes = [
*     [ 8, 1, 6, 1 ],
*     [ 7, 1, 5 ]
* ];
*
* var out = broadcastShapes( shapes );
* // returns [ 8, 7, 6, 5 ]
*
* @example
* var shapes = [
*     [ 5, 4 ],
*     [ 1 ]
* ];
*
* var out = broadcastShapes( shapes );
* // returns [ 5, 4 ]
*
* @example
* var shapes = [
*     [ 5, 4 ],
*     [ 4 ]
* ];
*
* var out = broadcastShapes( shapes );
* // returns [ 5, 4 ]
*
* @example
* var shapes = [
*     [ 15, 3, 5 ],
*     [ 15, 1, 5 ]
* ];
*
* var out = broadcastShapes( shapes );
* // returns [ 15, 3, 5 ]
*
* @example
* var shapes = [
*     [ 15, 3, 5 ],
*     [ 3, 5 ]
* ];
*
* var out = broadcastShapes( shapes );
* // returns [ 15, 3, 5 ]
*
* @example
* var shapes = [
*     [ 15, 3, 5 ],
*     [ 3, 1 ]
* ];
*
* var out = broadcastShapes( shapes );
* // returns [ 15, 3, 5 ]
*
* @example
* var shapes = [
*     [ 8, 1, 1, 6, 1 ],
*     [ 1, 7, 1, 5 ],
*     [ 8, 4, 1, 6, 5 ]
* ];
*
* var out = broadcastShapes( shapes );
* // returns [ 8, 4, 7, 6, 5 ]
*
* @example
* var shapes = [
*     [ 8, 1, 1, 6, 1 ],
*     [ 0 ]
* ];
*
* var out = broadcastShapes( shapes );
* // returns [ 8, 1, 1, 6, 0 ]
*
* @example
* var shapes = [
*     [ 8, 1, 1, 6, 1 ],
*     [ 8, 0, 1, 6, 1 ]
* ];
*
* var out = broadcastShapes( shapes );
* // returns [ 8, 0, 1, 6, 1 ]
*
* @example
* var shapes = [
*     [ 8, 8, 1, 6, 1 ],
*     [ 8, 0, 1, 6, 1 ]
* ];
*
* var out = broadcastShapes( shapes );
* // returns null
*
* @example
* var shapes = [
*     []
* ];
*
* var out = broadcastShapes( shapes );
* // returns []
*
* @example
* var shapes = [
*     [],
*     []
* ];
*
* var out = broadcastShapes( shapes );
* // returns []
*
* @example
* var shapes = [];
*
* var out = broadcastShapes( shapes );
* // returns []
*
* @example
* var shapes = [
*     [ 3, 2, 1 ],
*     []
* ];
*
* var out = broadcastShapes( shapes );
* // returns [ 3, 2, 1 ]
*
* @example
* var shapes = [
*     [],
*     [ 3, 2, 1 ]
* ];
*
* var out = broadcastShapes( shapes );
* // returns [ 3, 2, 1 ]
*/
declare function broadcastShapes( shapes: ArrayLike<ArrayLike<number>> ): ArrayLike<number>;


// EXPORTS //

export = broadcastShapes;