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// TypeScript Version: 4.1

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

import { MultiSlice } from '@stdlib/types/slice';

/**
* Creates a MultiSlice object from a comma-separated list of string-serialized MultiSlice constructor arguments.
*
* ## Notes
*
* -   The function returns `null` if provided an invalid string.
*
* @param str - input string containing constructor arguments
* @returns MultiSlice object (or null)
*
* @example
* var s = sargs2multislice( ',Slice(0,10,1)' );
* // returns <MultiSlice>
*
* var data = s.data;
* // returns [ null, <Slice> ]
*
* @example
* var s = sargs2multislice( 'Slice(0,10,1),' );
* // returns <MultiSlice>
*
* var data = s.data;
* // returns [ <Slice>, null ]
*
* @example
* var s = sargs2multislice( 'Slice(0,10,1),,,Slice(0,10,1)' );
* // returns <MultiSlice>
*
* var data = s.data;
* // returns [ <Slice>, null, null, <Slice> ]
*
* @example
* var s = sargs2multislice( ',Slice(0,10,1),null,,Slice(2,9,2),null,' );
* // returns <MultiSlice>
*
* var data = s.data;
* // returns [ null, <Slice>, null, null, <Slice>, null, null ]
*/
declare function sargs2multislice( str: string ): MultiSlice | null;


// EXPORTS //

export = sargs2multislice;