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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 { typedndarray } from '@stdlib/types/ndarray';

/**
* Returns a read-only view of an input ndarray with singleton dimensions removed.
*
* @param x - input array
* @returns output array
*
* @example
* var array = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/array' );
*
* var x = array( [ [ 1, 2 ], [ 3, 4 ] ], {
*     'ndmin': 5
* });
* // returns <ndarray>[ [ [ [ [ 1, 2 ], [ 3, 4 ] ] ] ] ]
*
* var y = removeSingletonDimensions( x );
* // returns <ndarray>[ [ 1, 2 ], [ 3, 4 ] ]
*/
declare function removeSingletonDimensions<T = unknown, U extends typedndarray<T> = typedndarray<T>>( x: U ): U;


// EXPORTS //

export = removeSingletonDimensions;