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// TypeScript Version: 4.1

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

import { ArrayLike } from '@stdlib/types/array';
import { Slice, MultiSlice } from '@stdlib/types/slice';

/**
* Slice argument.
*/
type SliceArgument = Slice | number | null | undefined;

/**
* Creates a MultiSlice object from a list of MultiSlice constructor arguments.
*
* @param args - list of constructor arguments
* @returns MultiSlice object
*
* @example
* var Slice = require( '@stdlib/slice/ctor' );
*
* var s = args2multislice( [ void 0, new Slice( 0, 10, 1 ) ] );
* // returns <MultiSlice>
*
* var data = s.data;
* // returns [ null, <Slice> ]
*
* @example
* var Slice = require( '@stdlib/slice/ctor' );
*
* var s = args2multislice( [ new Slice( 0, 10, 1 ), void 0 ] );
* // returns <MultiSlice>
*
* var data = s.data;
* // returns [ <Slice>, null ]
*
* @example
* var Slice = require( '@stdlib/slice/ctor' );
*
* var s = args2multislice( [ new Slice( 0, 10, 1 ), void 0, void 0, new Slice( 0, 10, 1 ) ] );
* // returns <MultiSlice>
*
* var data = s.data;
* // returns [ <Slice>, null, null, <Slice> ]
*
* @example
* var Slice = require( '@stdlib/slice/ctor' );
*
* var s = args2multislice( [ void 0, new Slice( 0, 10, 1 ), null,  void 0, new Slice( 2, 9, 2 ), null, void 0 ] );
* // returns <MultiSlice>
*
* var data = s.data;
* // returns [ null, <Slice>, null, null, <Slice>, null, null ]
*/
declare function args2multislice( args: ArrayLike<SliceArgument> ): MultiSlice;


// EXPORTS //

export = args2multislice;