## Copyright (C) 2012 Rik Wehbring
## Copyright (C) 2007-2012 David Bateman
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} unidpdf (@var{x}, @var{n})
## For each element of @var{x}, compute the probability density function
## (PDF) at @var{x} of a discrete uniform distribution which assumes
## the integer values 1--@var{n} with equal probability.
##
## Warning: The underlying implementation uses the double class and
## will only be accurate for @var{n} @leq{} @code{bitmax} 
## (@w{@math{2^{53} - 1}} on IEEE-754 compatible systems).
## @end deftypefn

function pdf = unidpdf (x, n)

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

  if (! isscalar (n))
    [retval, x, n] = common_size (x, n);
    if (retval > 0)
      error ("unidpdf: X and N must be of common size or scalars");
    endif
  endif

  if (iscomplex (x) || iscomplex (n))
    error ("unidpdf: X and N must not be complex");
  endif

  if (isa (x, "single") || isa (n, "single"))
    pdf = zeros (size (x), "single");
  else
    pdf = zeros (size (x));
  endif

  k = isnan (x) | ! (n > 0 & n == fix (n));
  pdf(k) = NaN;

  k = !k & (x >= 1) & (x <= n) & (x == fix (x));
  if (isscalar (n))
    pdf(k) = 1 / n;
  else
    pdf(k) = 1 ./ n(k);
  endif

endfunction


%!shared x,y
%! x = [-1 0 1 2 10 11];
%! y = [0 0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0];
%!assert(unidpdf (x, 10*ones(1,6)), y);
%!assert(unidpdf (x, 10), y);
%!assert(unidpdf (x, 10*[0 NaN 1 1 1 1]), [NaN NaN y(3:6)]);
%!assert(unidpdf ([x, NaN], 10), [y, NaN]);

%% Test class of input preserved
%!assert(unidpdf (single([x, NaN]), 10), single([y, NaN]));
%!assert(unidpdf ([x, NaN], single(10)), single([y, NaN]));

%% Test input validation
%!error unidpdf ()
%!error unidpdf (1)
%!error unidpdf (1,2,3)
%!error unidpdf (ones(3),ones(2))
%!error unidpdf (ones(2),ones(3))
%!error unidpdf (i, 2)
%!error unidpdf (2, i)