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# SparseOrderCOLAMD

The column AMD ordering for *AᵀA*.

```
var SparseOrderCOLAMD: SparseOrder_t { get }
```

## Discussion

This ordering isn’t valid for symmetric factorizations (use [`SparseOrderAMD`](/documentation/Accelerate/SparseOrderAMD) instead).

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