function dim_num = halton_dim_num_get ( dummy )

%% HALTON_DIM_NUM_GET gets the dimension of the leaped Halton subsequence.
%
%  Licensing:
%
%    This code is distributed under the GNU LGPL license.
%
%  Modified:
%
%    17 July 2004
%
%  Author:
%
%    John Burkardt
%
%  Parameters:
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%    Input, dummy, is a dummy argument to be deleted once I
%    figure out how to convince MATLAB to allow me to declare
%    a function with no arguments, but whose invocation can
%    include parentheses!
%
%    Output, integer DIM_NUM, the current value of the dimension.   
%
  global halton_DIM_NUM

  dim_num = halton_DIM_NUM;

  return
end