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[project @ 2007-06-25 17:31:46 by jwe]
author jwe
date Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:31:47 +0000
parents 8bb0d11c7a97
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## Copyright (C) 2007  David Bateman
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} unidinv (@var{x}, @var{v})
## For each component of @var{x}, compute the quantile (the inverse of
## the CDF) at @var{x} of the univariate discrete distribution which assumes the
## values in @var{v} with equal probability
## @end deftypefn

function inv = unidinv (x, v)

  if (nargin != 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (isscalar(v))
    v = [1:v].';
  else
    v = v(:);
  endif

  inv = discrete_inv (x, v, ones(size(v)));
endfunction