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\author{John D. Hobby}
\title{Drawing Boxes with {MetaPost}}
\date{}

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  This paper describes a package for drawing boxes of different shapes.
  The \texttt{boxes} package has been implemented as an extension to the
  MetaPost graphics language and is a mandatory part of every MetaPost
  installation.}

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    typesetting; graphs; MetaPost}

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\section{Introduction}
\label{intro}

This document describes auxiliary macros not included in Plain MetaPost
that make it convenient to do things that {\it pic} is good at
\cite{ke:pic}.  What follows is a description of how to use the macros
contained in the file {\tt boxes.mp}\index{boxes.mp?\texttt{boxes.mp}}.
This file is included in a special directory reserved for MetaPost
macros and support software\footnote{The name of this directory is
  likely to be something like \texttt{/usr/lib/mp/lib}, but this is
  system dependent.}  and can be accessed by giving the MetaPost command
{\tt input boxes} before any figures that use the box making macros.
The syntax for the {\tt input} command is \index{input?\texttt{input}}
$$ {\tt input}\, \descr{file name} $$
where a final ``{\tt .mp}'' can be omitted from the file name.  The {\tt
  input} command looks first in the current directory and then in the
special macro directory.  Users interested in writing macros may want to
look at the {\tt boxes.mp} file in this directory.

Since the advent of the \texttt{boxes} package several alternative
packages for drawing boxes of all kinds have been developed by the
MetaPost community.  The most widely known ones are
\texttt{MetaObj}\index{MetaObj?\texttt{MetaObj}},
\texttt{MetaUML}\index{MetaUML?\texttt{MetaUML}},
\texttt{expressg}\index{expressg?\texttt{expressg}}, and
\texttt{blockdraw\_mp}\index{blockdraw\_mp?\texttt{blockdraw\_mp}}.  If
you intend to create lots of structural drawings, flow charts,
\emph{etc.}, those packages might be an interesting ressource, too.


\section{Rectangular Boxes}
\label{rectbox}

\mbox{}% Start paragraph.
\index{variables!box|(}%
\index{box variables|see{variables, box}}%
%
The main idea of the box-making macros is that one should
say\index{boxit?\texttt{boxit}}\label{Dboxit}
$$ {\tt boxit.} \descr{suffix}
   \hbox{\tt(} \descr{picture expression} \hbox{\tt)}
$$
where the \tdescr{suffix} does not start with a subscript.\footnote{Some early
versions of the box making macros did not allow any subscripts in the
{\tt boxit} suffix.}
This creates pair variables \tdescr{suffix}{\tt.c},
\tdescr{suffix}{\tt.n}, \tdescr{suffix}{\tt.e}, \ldots\ that can then be
used for positioning the picture before drawing it with a separate command such
as\index{drawboxed?\texttt{drawboxed}}\label{Ddrbxed}
$$ \hbox{\tt drawboxed(} \descr{suffix list} \hbox{\tt )} $$
The argument to {\tt drawboxed} should be a comma-separated list of box names,
where a box name\index{box name} is a \tdescr{suffix} with which {\tt boxit}
has been called.

For the command {\tt boxit.bb(pic)}, the box name is {\tt bb} and the
contents of the box is the picture {\tt pic}.  In this case, {\tt bb.c}
the position where the center of picture {\tt pic} is to be placed, and
{\tt bb.sw}, {\tt bb.se}, {\tt bb.ne}, and {\tt bb.nw} are the corners
of a rectangular path that will surround the resulting picture.
Variables {\tt bb.dx} and {\tt bb.dy} give the spacing between the
shifted version of {\tt pic} and the surrounding rectangle, and {\tt
bb.off} is the amount by which {\tt pic} has to be shifted to achieve
all this.

When the {\tt boxit} macro is called with box name~$b$, it gives linear
equations that force $b${\tt.sw}, $b${\tt.se}, $b${\tt.ne}, and
$b${\tt.nw} to be the corners of a rectangle aligned on the $x$ and $y$
axes with the box contents centered inside as indicated by the gray
rectangle in Figure~\ref{fig48}.  The values of $b${\tt.dx},
$b${\tt.dy}, and $b${\tt.c} are left unspecified so that the user can
give equations for positioning the boxes.  If no such equations are
given, macros such as {\tt drawboxed} can detect this and give default
values.  The default values for {\tt dx} and {\tt dy} variables are
controlled by the internal variables\index{internal
variables|see{variables, internal}}\index{variables!internal} {\tt
defaultdx}\index{defaultdx?\texttt{defaultdx}}\label{Ddefaultdx} and
{\tt defaultdy}\index{defaultdy?\texttt{defaultdy}}\label{Ddefaultdy}.%
%
\index{variables!box|)}

\begin{figure}[htp]
$$ \includegraphics{mpboxes-48.mps} $$
\caption[How a {\tt boxit} picture relates to the associated variables]
        {The relationship between the picture given to {\tt boxit} and the
        associated variables.  The picture is indicated by a gray rectangle.}
\label{fig48}
\end{figure}

If $b$ represents a box name, {\tt drawboxed($b$)} draws the rectangular
boundary of box~$b$ and then the contents of the box.  This bounding
rectangle can be accessed separately as {\tt bpath~$b$}, or in
general\index{bpath?\texttt{bpath}}\label{Dbpath}
$$ {\tt bpath}\, \descr{box name} $$
It is useful in combination with operators like
{\tt cutbefore}\index{cutbefore?\texttt{cutbefore}} and {\tt cutafter}\index{cutafter?\texttt{cutafter}}
in order to control paths that enter the box.
For example, if $a$ and $b$ are box names and $p$ is a path from $a${\tt.c}
to $b${\tt.c},\index{drawarrow?\texttt{drawarrow}}
$$ \hbox{\tt drawarrow $p$ cutbefore bpath $a$ cutafter bpath $b$} $$
draws an arrow from the edge of box $a$ to the edge of box $b$.

Figure~\ref{fig49} shows a practical example including some arrows drawn
with {\tt cutafter bpath} \tdescr{box name}.  It is instructive to
compare Figure~\ref{fig49} to the similar figure in the pic manual
\cite{ke:pic}.  The figure uses a
macro\index{boxjoin?\texttt{boxjoin}}\label{Dbxjoin}
$$ \hbox{\tt boxjoin(} \descr{equation text} \hbox{\tt )} $$
to control the relationship between consecutive boxes.  Within the
\tdescr{equation text}, {\tt a} and {\tt b} represent the box names given in
consecutive calls to {\tt boxit} and the \tdescr{equation text} gives equations
to control the relative sizes and positions of the boxes.

\begin{figure}[htp]
$$\hbox{$\begin{verbatim}
input boxes
beginfig(49);
boxjoin(a.se=b.sw; a.ne=b.nw);
boxit.a(btex\strut$\cdots$ etex);    boxit.ni(btex\strut$n_i$ etex);
boxit.di(btex\strut$d_i$ etex);      boxit.ni1(btex\strut$n_{i+1}$ etex);
boxit.di1(btex\strut$d_{i+1}$ etex); boxit.aa(btex\strut$\cdots$ etex);
boxit.nk(btex\strut$n_k$ etex);      boxit.dk(btex\strut$d_k$ etex);
drawboxed(di,a,ni,ni1,di1,aa,nk,dk); label.lft("ndtable:", a.w);
interim defaultdy:=7bp;
boxjoin(a.sw=b.nw; a.se=b.ne);
boxit.ba(); boxit.bb(); boxit.bc();
boxit.bd(btex $\vdots$ etex); boxit.be(); boxit.bf();
bd.dx=8bp; ba.ne=a.sw-(15bp,10bp);
drawboxed(ba,bb,bc,bd,be,bf); label.lft("hashtab:",ba.w);
vardef ndblock suffix $ =
  boxjoin(a.sw=b.nw; a.se=b.ne);
  forsuffixes $$=$1,$2,$3: boxit$$(); ($$dx,$$dy)=(5.5bp,4bp);
  endfor; enddef;
ndblock nda;  ndblock ndb;  ndblock ndc;
nda1.c-bb.c = ndb1.c-nda3.c = (whatever,0);
xpart ndb3.se = xpart ndc1.ne = xpart di.c;
ndc1.c - be.c = (whatever,0);
drawboxed(nda1,nda2,nda3, ndb1,ndb2,ndb3, ndc1,ndc2,ndc3);
drawarrow bb.c -- nda1.w;
drawarrow be.c -- ndc1.w;
drawarrow nda3.c -- ndb1.w;
drawarrow nda1.c{right}..{curl0}ni.c cutafter bpath ni;
drawarrow nda2.c{right}..{curl0}di.c cutafter bpath di;
drawarrow ndc1.c{right}..{curl0}ni1.c cutafter bpath ni1;
drawarrow ndc2.c{right}..{curl0}di1.c cutafter bpath di1;
drawarrow ndb1.c{right}..nk.c cutafter bpath nk;
drawarrow ndb2.c{right}..dk.c cutafter bpath dk;
x.ptr=xpart aa.c;   y.ptr=ypart ndc1.ne;
drawarrow subpath (0,.7) of (z.ptr..{left}ndc3.c) dashed evenly;
label.rt(btex \strut ndblock etex, z.ptr); endfig;
\end{verbatim}
$}
\atop \vcenter{\vskip8pt\hbox{\includegraphics{mpboxes-49.mps}}}
$$
\caption{MetaPost code and the corresponding figure}
\label{fig49}
\end{figure}

For example, the second line of input for the above figure contains
$$ \hbox{\tt boxjoin(a.se=b.sw; a.ne=b.nw)} $$
This causes boxes to line up horizontally by giving additional equations that
are invoked each time some box {\tt a} is followed by some other box~{\tt b}.
These equations are first invoked on the next line when box~{\tt a} is followed
by box~{\tt ni}.  This yields
$$ \hbox{\tt a.se=ni.sw; a.ne=ni.nw} $$
The next pair of boxes is box~{\tt ni} and box~{\tt di}. This time the
implicitly generated equations are
$$ \hbox{\tt ni.se=di.sw; ni.ne=di.nw} $$
This process continues until a new {\tt
boxjoin}\index{boxjoin?\texttt{boxjoin}} is given.  In this case the new
declaration is
$$ \hbox{\tt boxjoin(a.sw=b.nw; a.se=b.ne)} $$
which causes boxes to be stacked below each other.

After calling {\tt boxit} for the first eight boxes {\tt a} through {\tt
dk}, the box heights are constrained to match but the widths are still
unknown.  Thus the {\tt drawboxed}\index{drawboxed?\texttt{drawboxed}}
macro needs to assign default values to the \tdescr{box name}{\tt.dx}
and \tdescr{box name}{\tt.dy} variables.  First, {\tt di.dx} and {\tt
di.dy} get default values so that all the boxes are forced to be large
enough to contain the contents of box~{\tt di}.

The macro that actually assigns default values to {\tt dx} and {\tt dy}
variables is called {\tt
fixsize}\index{fixsize?\texttt{fixsize}}\label{Dfixsiz}.  It takes a
list of box names and considers them one at a time, making sure that
each box has a fixed size and shape.  A macro called {\tt
fixpos}\index{fixpos?\texttt{fixpos}}\label{Dfixpos} then takes this
same list of box names and assigns default values to the \tdescr{box
name}{\tt.off} variables as needed to fix the position of each box.  By
using {\tt fixsize} to fix the dimensions of each box before assigning
default positions to any of them, the number of needing default
positions can usually be cut to at most one.

Since the bounding path for a box cannot be computed until the size,
shape, and position of the box is determined, the {\tt
bpath}\index{bpath?\texttt{bpath}} macro applies {\tt fixsize} and {\tt
fixpos} to its argument.  Other macros that do this
include\index{pic?\texttt{pic}}\label{Dpic}
$$ {\tt pic}\, \descr{box name} $$
where the \tdescr{box name} is a suffix, possibly in parentheses.  This returns
the contents of the named box as a picture positioned so that
$$ {\tt draw\ pic} \descr{box name} $$
draws the box contents without the bounding rectangle.  This operation
can also be accomplished by the {\tt
drawunboxed}\index{drawunboxed?\texttt{drawunboxed}}\label{Ddrunbx}
macro that takes a comma-separated list of box names.  There is also a
{\tt drawboxes}\index{drawboxes?\texttt{drawboxes}}\label{Ddrbxes} macro
that draws just the bounding rectangles.

Another way to draw empty rectangles is by just saying\label{Deboxit}
$$ {\tt boxit} \descr{box name} \hbox{\tt ()} $$
with no picture argument as is done several times in Figure~\ref{fig49}.
This is like calling {\tt boxit} with an empty picture.
Alternatively the argument can be a string\label{Dsboxit} expression
instead of a picture
expression in which case the string is typeset in the default font.


\section{Circular and Oval Boxes}
\label{circbox}

Circular and oval boxes are a lot like rectangular boxes except for the shape
of the bounding path.  Such boxes are set up by the
{\tt circleit}\index{circleit?\texttt{circleit}}\label{Dcircit} macro:
$$ {\tt circleit} \descr{box name}
   \hbox{\tt(} \descr{box contents} \hbox{\tt)}
$$
where \tdescr{box name} is a suffix and \tdescr{box contents} is either a
picture expression, a string expression, or \tdescr{empty}.

\mbox{}% Start paragraph.
\index{variables!box|(}%
%
The {\tt circleit} macro defines pair variables just as {\tt boxit}
does, except that there are no corner points \tdescr{box name}{\tt.ne},
\tdescr{box name}{\tt.sw}, etc.  A call to
$$ \hbox{\tt circleit.a(}\ldots \hbox{\tt )} $$
gives relationships among points {\tt a.c}, {\tt a.s}, {\tt a.e}, {\tt
a.n}, {\tt a.w} and distances {\tt a.dx} and {\tt a.dy}.  Together with
{\tt a.c} and {\tt a.off}, these variables describe how the picture is
centered in an oval as can be seen from the Figure~\ref{fig50}.%
%
\index{variables!box|)}

\begin{figure}[htp]
$$ \includegraphics{mpboxes-50.mps} $$
\caption[How a {\tt circleit} picture relates to the associated variables]
        {The relationship between the picture given to {\tt circleit} and the
        associated variables.  The picture is indicated by a gray rectangle.}
\label{fig50}
\end{figure}

The {\tt drawboxed}\index{drawboxed?\texttt{drawboxed}}, {\tt
drawunboxed}\index{drawunboxed?\texttt{drawunboxed}}, {\tt
drawboxes}\index{drawboxes?\texttt{drawboxes}}, {\tt
pic}\index{pic?\texttt{pic}}, and {\tt
bpath}\index{bpath?\texttt{bpath}} macros work for {\tt circleit} boxes
just as they do for {\tt boxit} boxes.  By default, the boundary path
for a {\tt circleit} box is a circle large enough to surround the box
contents with a small safety margin controlled by the internal
variable\index{variables!internal} {\tt
circmargin}\label{Dcmargin}.  Figure~\ref{fig51} gives a basic example
of the use of {\tt bpath} with {\tt circleit} boxes.

\begin{figure}[htbp]
$$\begin{verbatim}
vardef drawshadowed(text t) =
  fixsize(t);
  forsuffixes s=t:
    fill bpath.s shifted (1pt,-1pt);
    unfill bpath.s;
    drawboxed(s);
  endfor
enddef;

beginfig(51)
circleit.a(btex Box 1 etex);
circleit.b(btex Box 2 etex);
b.n = a.s - (0,20pt);
drawshadowed(a,b);
drawarrow a.s -- b.n;
endfig;
\end{verbatim}
\qquad \mathcenter{\includegraphics{mpboxes-51.mps}} $$
\caption[MetaPost code and the resulting figure.]  {MetaPost code and
        the resulting figure.  Note that the {\tt drawshadowed} macro
        used here is not part of the {\tt boxes.mp} macro package.}
\label{fig51}
\index{drawshadowed?\texttt{drawshadowed}}
\end{figure}

\mbox{}% Start paragraph.
\index{variables!box|(}%
%
A full example of {\tt circleit} boxes appears in Figure~\ref{fig52}.
The oval boundary paths around ``Start'' and ``Stop'' are due to the equations
$$ \hbox{\tt aa.dx=aa.dy;} \quad {\rm and}\quad \hbox{\tt ee.dx=ee.dy} $$
after
$$ \hbox{\verb|circleit.ee(btex\strut Stop etex)|}
    \quad{\rm and}\quad
   \hbox{\verb|circleit.ee(btex\strut Stop etex)|}.
$$
The general rule is that {\tt bpath.}$c$ comes out circular if
$c${\tt.dx}, $c${\tt.dy}, and $c\hbox{\tt.dx}-c\hbox{\tt.dy}$ are all
unknown.  Otherwise, the macros select an oval big enough to contain the
given picture with the safety margin {\tt
circmargin}\index{circmargin?\texttt{circmargin}}.%
%
\index{variables!box|)}

\begin{figure}[htp]
$$\hbox{$\begin{verbatim}
vardef cuta(suffix a,b) expr p =
  drawarrow p cutbefore bpath.a cutafter bpath.b;
  point .5*length p of p
enddef;

vardef self@# expr p =
  cuta(@#,@#) @#.c{curl0}..@#.c+p..{curl0}@#.c  enddef;

beginfig(52);
verbatimtex \def\stk#1#2{$\displaystyle{\matrix{#1\cr#2\cr}}$} etex
circleit.aa(btex\strut Start etex); aa.dx=aa.dy;
circleit.bb(btex \stk B{(a|b)^*a} etex);
circleit.cc(btex \stk C{b^*} etex);
circleit.dd(btex \stk D{(a|b)^*ab} etex);
circleit.ee(btex\strut Stop etex); ee.dx=ee.dy;
numeric hsep;
bb.c-aa.c = dd.c-bb.c = ee.c-dd.c = (hsep,0);
cc.c-bb.c = (0,.8hsep);
xpart(ee.e - aa.w) = 3.8in;
drawboxed(aa,bb,cc,dd,ee);
label.ulft(btex$b$etex, cuta(aa,cc) aa.c{dir50}..cc.c);
label.top(btex$b$etex, self.cc(0,30pt));
label.rt(btex$a$etex, cuta(cc,bb) cc.c..bb.c);
label.top(btex$a$etex, cuta(aa,bb) aa.c..bb.c);
label.llft(btex$a$etex, self.bb(-20pt,-35pt));
label.top(btex$b$etex, cuta(bb,dd) bb.c..dd.c);
label.top(btex$b$etex, cuta(dd,ee) dd.c..ee.c);
label.lrt(btex$a$etex, cuta(dd,bb) dd.c..{dir140}bb.c);
label.bot(btex$a$etex, cuta(ee,bb) ee.c..tension1.3 ..{dir115}bb.c);
label.urt(btex$b$etex, cuta(ee,cc) ee.c{(cc.c-ee.c)rotated-15}..cc.c);
endfig;
\end{verbatim}
$}
\atop \vcenter{\vskip8pt\hbox{\includegraphics{mpboxes-52.mps}}}
$$
\caption{MetaPost code and the corresponding figure}
\label{fig52}
\end{figure}



\appendix
\section{Reference manual}
\label{refman}

Tables~\ref{pseudotab} to~\ref{ivartab} summarize macros, box variables
and internal variables provided by the \texttt{boxes} package.

\begin{table}[hp]
\centering
\caption{\strut Function-Like Macros}
\label{pseudotab}
\begin{tabular}[t]{|&gt;{\ttfamily}l|l|l|r|&gt;{\arraybackslash}p{2.5in}|}
\hline
\multicolumn1{|c}{Name}&amp;  \multicolumn1{|c}{Arguments}&amp;
        \multicolumn1{|c}{Result}&amp;  \multicolumn1{|c}{Page}&amp;
        \multicolumn1{|c|}{Explanation}\\
\hline
\hline
boxit\index{boxit?\texttt{boxit}}&amp;           suffix, picture&amp;      --&amp;  \pageref{Dboxit}&amp;
        Define a box containing the picture\\\hline
boxit\index{boxit?\texttt{boxit}}&amp;            suffix, string&amp;      --&amp;  \pageref{Dsboxit}&amp;
        Define a box containing text\\\hline
boxit\index{boxit?\texttt{boxit}}&amp;    suffix, \tdescr{empty}&amp;      --&amp;  \pageref{Deboxit}&amp;
        Define an empty box\\\hline
boxjoin\index{boxjoin?\texttt{boxjoin}}&amp;           equations&amp;      --&amp;  \pageref{Dbxjoin}&amp;
        Give equations for connecting boxes\\\hline
bpath\index{bpath?\texttt{bpath}}&amp;                    suffix&amp;    path&amp;  \pageref{Dbpath}&amp;
        A box's bounding circle or rectangle\\\hline
circleit\index{circleit?\texttt{circleit}}&amp;  suffix, picture&amp;      --&amp;  \pageref{Dcircit}&amp;
        Put picture in a circular box\\\hline
circleit\index{circleit?\texttt{circleit}}&amp;  suffix, picture&amp;      --&amp;  \pageref{Dcircit}&amp;
        Put a string in a circular box\\\hline
circleit\index{circleit?\texttt{circleit}}&amp; suffix, \tdescr{empty}&amp; --&amp; \pageref{Dcircit}&amp;
        Define an empty circular box\\\hline
drawboxed\index{drawboxed?\texttt{drawboxed}}&amp; list of suffixes&amp;   --&amp;  \pageref{Ddrbxed}&amp;
        Draw the named boxes and their contents\\\hline
drawboxes\index{drawboxes?\texttt{drawboxes}}&amp; list of suffixes&amp;   --&amp;  \pageref{Ddrbxes}&amp;
        Draw the named boxes\\\hline
drawunboxed\index{drawunboxed?\texttt{drawunboxed}}&amp; list of suffixes&amp; --&amp; \pageref{Ddrunbx}&amp;
        Draw contents of named boxes\\\hline
fixpos\index{fixpos?\texttt{fixpos}}&amp;       list of suffixes&amp;      --&amp;  \pageref{Dfixpos}&amp;
        Solve for the size and position of the named boxes\\\hline
fixsize\index{fixsize?\texttt{fixsize}}&amp;    list of suffixes&amp;      --&amp;  \pageref{Dfixsiz}&amp;
        Solve for size of named boxes\\\hline
pic\index{pic?\texttt{pic}}&amp;                          suffix&amp; picture&amp;  \pageref{Dpic}&amp;
        Box contents shifted into position\\\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\begin{table}[hp]
\centering
\caption{\strut Box variables}
\label{boxvartab}
\index{variables!box}
\begin{tabular}[t]{|&gt;{\ttfamily $\descr{box name}$.}l|&gt;{\arraybackslash}p{2in}|c|}
\hline
\multicolumn1{|c|}{Variable}&amp;  \multicolumn1{c|}{Explanation}&amp;  Validity\\
\hline
\hline
c      &amp;center point                       &amp;\\
n      &amp;top center point                   &amp;\\
s      &amp;bottom center point                &amp;\\
w      &amp;center left point                  &amp;\\
e      &amp;center right point                 &amp;\\
nw     &amp;top left corner                    &amp;\texttt{boxit} only\\
ne     &amp;top right corner                   &amp;\texttt{boxit} only\\
sw     &amp;bottom left corner                 &amp;\texttt{boxit} only\\
se     &amp;bottom right corner                &amp;\texttt{boxit} only\\
dx     &amp;horizontal clearance               &amp;\\
dy     &amp;vertical clearance                 &amp;\\
off    &amp;actual location of box contents    &amp;\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\begin{table}[hp]
\centering
\caption{\strut Internal variables with numeric values}
\label{ivartab}
\index{variables!internal}
\begin{tabular}[t]{|&gt;{\ttfamily}l|r|&gt;{\arraybackslash}p{3.5in}|}
\hline
\multicolumn1{|c}{Name}&amp;  \multicolumn1{|c}{Page}&amp;  \multicolumn1{|c|}{Explanation}\\
\hline
\hline
circmargin\index{circmargin?\texttt{circmargin}}&amp;   \pageref{Dcmargin}&amp;
        clearance around contents of a circular or oval box\\\hline
defaultdx\index{defaultdx?\texttt{defaultdx}}&amp;      \pageref{Ddefaultdx}&amp;
        usual horizontal space around box contents (default 3{\tt bp})\\\hline
defaultdy\index{defaultdy?\texttt{defaultdy}}&amp;      \pageref{Ddefaultdy}&amp;
        usual vertical space around box contents (default 3{\tt bp})\\\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}


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