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// TypeScript Version: 4.1

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

import { ndarray, Order } from '@stdlib/types/ndarray';

/**
* Returns the layout order of a provided ndarray.
*
* ## Notes
*
* -   If unable to resolve a layout order, the function returns `null`.
*
* @param x - input ndarray
* @returns layout order (or null)
*
* @example
* var zeros = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-zeros' );
*
* var x = zeros( [ 3, 3, 3 ], {
*     'order': 'row-major'
* });
*
* var o = order( x );
* // returns 'row-major'
*/
declare function order( x: ndarray ): Order | null;


// EXPORTS //

export = order;