## Copyright (C) 2012 Rik Wehbring
## Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Kurt Hornik
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} unifpdf (@var{x})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} unifpdf (@var{x}, @var{a}, @var{b})
## For each element of @var{x}, compute the probability density function (PDF)
## at @var{x} of the uniform distribution on the interval [@var{a}, @var{b}].
##
## Default values are @var{a} = 0, @var{b} = 1.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
## Description: PDF of the uniform distribution

function pdf = unifpdf (x, a = 0, b = 1)

  if (nargin != 1 && nargin != 3)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (!isscalar (a) || !isscalar (b))
    [retval, x, a, b] = common_size (x, a, b);
    if (retval > 0)
      error ("unifpdf: X, A, and B must be of common size or scalars");
    endif
  endif

  if (iscomplex (x) || iscomplex (a) || iscomplex (b))
    error ("unifpdf: X, A, and B must not be complex");
  endif

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

  k = isnan (x) | !(a < b);
  pdf(k) = NaN;

  k = (x >= a) & (x <= b) & (a < b);
  if (isscalar (a) && isscalar (b))
    pdf(k) = 1 / (b - a);
  else
    pdf(k) = 1 ./ (b(k) - a(k));
  endif

endfunction


%!shared x,y
%! x = [-1 0 0.5 1 2] + 1;
%! y = [0 1 1 1 0];
%!assert(unifpdf (x, ones(1,5), 2*ones(1,5)), y);
%!assert(unifpdf (x, 1, 2*ones(1,5)), y);
%!assert(unifpdf (x, ones(1,5), 2), y);
%!assert(unifpdf (x, [2 NaN 1 1 1], 2), [NaN NaN y(3:5)]);
%!assert(unifpdf (x, 1, 2*[0 NaN 1 1 1]), [NaN NaN y(3:5)]);
%!assert(unifpdf ([x, NaN], 1, 2), [y, NaN]);

%% Test class of input preserved
%!assert(unifpdf (single([x, NaN]), 1, 2), single([y, NaN]));
%!assert(unifpdf (single([x, NaN]), single(1), 2), single([y, NaN]));
%!assert(unifpdf ([x, NaN], 1, single(2)), single([y, NaN]));

%% Test input validation
%!error unifpdf ()
%!error unifpdf (1,2)
%!error unifpdf (1,2,3,4)
%!error unifpdf (ones(3),ones(2),ones(2))
%!error unifpdf (ones(2),ones(3),ones(2))
%!error unifpdf (ones(2),ones(2),ones(3))
%!error unifpdf (i, 2, 2)
%!error unifpdf (2, i, 2)
%!error unifpdf (2, 2, i)