## Copyright (C) 1997  Kurt Hornik
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} hygernd (@var{t}, @var{m}, @var{n}, @var{r}, @var{c})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} hygernd (@var{t}, @var{m}, @var{n}, @var{sz})
## Return an @var{r} by @var{c} matrix of random samples from the
## hypergeometric distribution with parameters @var{t}, @var{m},
## and @var{n}.
##
## The parameters @var{t}, @var{m}, and @var{n} must positive integers
## with @var{m} and @var{n} not greater than @var{t}.
## @end deftypefn

function rnd = hygernd (t, m, n, r, c)

  if (nargin == 5)
    if (! (isscalar (r) && (r > 0) && (r == round (r))))
      error ("hygernd: r must be a positive integer");
    endif
    if (! (isscalar (c) && (c > 0) && (c == round (c))))
      error ("hygernd: c must be a positive integer");
    endif
    sz = [r, c];
  elseif (nargin == 4)
    ## A potential problem happens here if all args are scalar, as
    ## we can distiguish between the command syntax. This is quite
    ## ambigous! I assume that if the last arg is a vector then 
    ## then third form is assumed. This means that you can't define
    ## and r-by-r matrix with a single scalar!

    if (isscalar (r))
      sz = [1, floor(m)];
      m = t;
      t = n;
      n = r;
    elseif (isvector(r) && all (r > 0))
      sz = r(:)';
    else
      error ("hygernd: r must be a vector of positive integers");
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (!isscalar (t) || !isscalar (m) || !isscalar (n))
    error ("hygernd: t, m and n must all be positive integers");
  endif

  if ((t < 0) | (m < 0) | (n <= 0) | (t != round (t)) |
      (m != round (m)) | (n != round (n)) | (m > t) | (n > t))
    rnd = NaN * ones (sz)
  else
    rnd = discrete_rnd (0 : n, hygepdf (0 : n, t, m, n), sz);
  endif

endfunction