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extract_sparse_parts <- function(A) {
  if (!requireNamespace("Matrix")) 
    stop("You have to install the Matrix package to call 'extract_sparse_parts'")
  if (!is(A, 'Matrix')) 
    A <- Matrix::Matrix(A, sparse=TRUE, doDiag=FALSE)
  A <- Matrix::t(A)
  A <- as(A, "dgCMatrix")
  return(.Call(extract_sparse_components, A))
}
