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// TypeScript Version: 4.1

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

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

/**
* Parses a string-serialized Slice object.
*
* ## Notes
*
* -   The function returns `null` if provided an invalid string.
*
* @param str - input string
* @returns Slice object (or null)
*
* @example
* var s = str2slice( 'Slice(null,null,null)' );
* // returns <Slice>
*
* var v = s.start;
* // returns null
*
* v = s.stop;
* // returns null
*
* v = s.step;
* // returns null
*
* @example
* var s = str2slice( 'Slice(0,10,1)' );
* // returns <Slice>
*
* var v = s.start;
* // returns 0
*
* v = s.stop;
* // returns 10
*
* v = s.step;
* // returns 1
*
* @example
* var s = str2slice( 'Slice(foo,bar)' );
* // returns null
*/
declare function str2slice( str: string ): Slice | null;


// EXPORTS //

export = str2slice;