## Copyright (C) 2005 John W. Eaton
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} unidrnd (@var{mx});
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} unidrnd (@var{mx}, @var{v});
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} unidrnd (@var{mx}, @var{m}, @var{n}, @dots{});
## Return random values from discrete uniform distribution, with maximum
## value(s) given by the integer @var{mx}, which may be a scalar or
## multidimensional array.
##
## If @var{mx} is a scalar, the size of the result is specified by
## the vector @var{v}, or by the optional arguments @var{m}, @var{n},
## @dots{}.  Otherwise, the size of the result is the same as the size
## of @var{mx}.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function retval = unidrnd (n, varargin)
  if (nargin == 1)
    dims = size (n);
  elseif (nargin == 2)
    if (rows (varargin{1}) == 1 && columns (varargin{1}) > 1)
      dims = varargin{1};
    else
      error ("unidrnd: invalid dimension vector");
    endif
  elseif (nargin > 2)
    for i = 1:nargin-1
      if (! isscalar (varargin{i}))
	error ("unidrnd: expecting scalar dimensions");
      endif
    endfor
    dims = [varargin{:}];
  else
    error ("unidrnd (n, ...)");
  endif
  if (isscalar (n)
      || (length (size (n)) == length (dims) && all (size (n) == dims)))
    retval = ceil (rand (dims) .* n);
  else
    error ("unidrnd: dimension mismatch");
  endif
endfunction