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See e.g. <a class="link" href="../examples/time_grids.html" title="Time grids for months and weeks">Time 150 grids for months and weeks</a> 151 </p> 152 </td> 153</tr> 154</tbody> 155</table></div> 156<p> 157 On the fundamental aspect 158 </p> 159<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 160<li class="listitem"> 161 an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">interval</span></code> implements 162 a set of elements partially. 163 </li> 164<li class="listitem"> 165 an <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../../boost/icl/interval_set.html" title="Class template interval_set">interval_set</a></code> 166 implements a set of elements. 167 </li> 168<li class="listitem"> 169 an <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../../boost/icl/interval_map.html" title="Class template interval_map">interval_map</a></code> 170 implements a map of element value pairs. 171 </li> 172</ul></div> 173<p> 174 On the segmental aspect 175 </p> 176<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 177<li class="listitem"> 178 an <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../../boost/icl/interval_set.html" title="Class template interval_set">interval_set</a></code> 179 implements a set of intervals. 180 </li> 181<li class="listitem"> 182 an <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../../boost/icl/interval_map.html" title="Class template interval_map">interval_map</a></code> 183 implements a map of interval value pairs. 184 </li> 185</ul></div> 186</div> 187<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 188<td align="left"></td> 189<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2007-2010 Joachim 190 Faulhaber<br>Copyright © 1999-2006 Cortex Software 191 GmbH<p> 192 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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