class_docstr: This class provides a base class for all sparse matrix classes.
  
  It cannot be instantiated.  Most of the work is provided by subclasses.
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docstr: Returns a copy of column j of the matrix, as an (m x 1) sparse
  matrix (column vector).
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code: def getcol(self, j):
      """Returns a copy of column j of the matrix, as an (m x 1) sparse
      matrix (column vector).
      """
      return self._getcol(j)
  
file_path: scipy/scipy/sparse/_matrix.py
label_desc: Use image node_id 18 for calling the spmatrix obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.getcol(j) and returns: self