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+///\file
+
+/******************************************************************************
+The MIT License(MIT)
+
+Embedded Template Library.
+
+Copyright(c) 2014 jwellbelove
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files(the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and / or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions :
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+******************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef __etl_numeric__
+#define __etl_numeric__
+
+///\defgroup numeric numeric
+///\ingroup utilities
+
+namespace etl
+{ 
+  //***************************************************************************
+  /// iota
+  /// Reverse engineered version of std::iota for non C++ 0x11 compilers.
+  /// Fills a range of elements with sequentially increasing values starting with <b>value</b>.
+  ///\param first An iterator to the first position to fill.
+  ///\param last  An iterator to the last + 1 position.
+  ///\ingroup numeric
+  //***************************************************************************
+  template <typename TIterator, typename T>
+  void iota(TIterator first, TIterator last, T value)
+  {
+    while (first != last)
+    {
+      *first++ = value++;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+#endif
+