Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/python/io/FetchPythonData.cpp
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/python/io/FetchPythonData.cpp	(revision 12775)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/python/io/FetchPythonData.cpp	(revision 12776)
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@
 #include "../../include/include.h"
 #include "../../shared/shared.h"
+#include "../../io/io.h"
 
 /*Primitive data types*/
@@ -81,4 +82,36 @@
 }
 /*}}}*/
+/*FUNCTION FetchData(int** pmatrix,int* pM, int* pN, PyObject* py_matrix){{{*/
+void FetchData(int** pmatrix,int* pM,int *pN,PyObject* py_matrix){
+
+	/*output: */
+	double* dmatrix=NULL;
+	int* matrix=NULL;
+	int M,N;
+
+	/*intermediary:*/
+	int i;
+	int ndim;
+	npy_intp*  dims=NULL;
+
+	/*retrive dimensions: */
+	ndim=PyArray_NDIM((const PyArrayObject*)py_matrix);
+	if(ndim!=2)_error2_("expecting an MxN matrix in input!");
+	dims=PyArray_DIMS((PyArrayObject*)py_matrix);
+	M=dims[0]; N=dims[1];
+	
+	/*retrieve internal value: */
+	dmatrix=(double*)PyArray_DATA((PyArrayObject*)py_matrix);
+
+	/*transform into integer matrix: */
+	matrix=xNew<int>(M*N);
+	for(i=0;i<M*N;i++)matrix[i]=(int)dmatrix[i];
+
+	/*output: */
+	if(pM)*pM=M;
+	if(pN)*pN=N;
+	if(pmatrix)*pmatrix=matrix;
+}
+/*}}}*/
 /*FUNCTION FetchData(double** pvector,int* pM, PyObject* py_vector){{{*/
 void FetchData(double** pvector,int* pM,PyObject* py_vector){
@@ -102,4 +135,17 @@
 	if(pM)*pM=M;
 	if(pvector)*pvector=vector;
+}
+/*}}}*/
+/*FUNCTION FetchData(Options** poptions,int istart, int nrhs,PyObject* arguments){{{*/
+void FetchData(Options** poptions,int istart, int nrhs,PyObject* arguments){
+
+	/*Initialize output*/
+	Options* options=new Options();
+
+	_pprintLine_("FetchData for Options not implemented yet, ignoring them!");
+
+	/*Assign output pointers:*/
+	*poptions=options;
+
 }
 /*}}}*/
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/python/io/pythonio.h
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/python/io/pythonio.h	(revision 12775)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/python/io/pythonio.h	(revision 12776)
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@
 void FetchData(double** pvector,int* pM,PyObject* py_ref);
 void FetchData(double** pmatrix,int* pM,int *pN,PyObject* py_array);
+void FetchData(int** pmatrix,int* pM,int *pN,PyObject* py_matrix);
 void FetchData(char** pstring,PyObject* py_unicode);
 void FetchData(double* pscalar,PyObject* py_float);
 void FetchData(int* pinteger,PyObject* py_long);
 void FetchData(bool* pbool,PyObject* py_boolean);
+void FetchData(Options** poptions,int istart, int nrhs,PyObject* arguments);
 
 int CheckNumPythonArguments(PyObject* inputs,int NRHS, void (*function)( void ));