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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} geometric_inv (@var{x}, @var{p})
## For each element of @var{x}, compute the quantile at @var{x} of the
## geometric distribution with parameter @var{p}.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at>
## Description: Quantile function of the geometric distribution

function inv = geometric_inv (x, p)

  if (nargin != 2)
    usage ("geometric_inv (x, p)");
  endif

  [retval, x, p] = common_size (x, p);
  if (retval > 0)
    error ("geometric_inv: x and p must be of common size or scalar");
  endif

  [r, c] = size (x);
  s = r * c;
  x   = reshape (x, 1, s);
  p   = reshape (p, 1, s);
  inv = zeros (1, s);

  k = find (!(x >= 0) | !(x <= 1) | !(p >= 0) | !(p <= 1));
  if (any (k))
    inv(k) = NaN * ones (1, length (k));
  endif

  k = find ((x == 1) & (p >= 0) & (p <= 1));
  if (any (k))
    inv(k) = Inf * ones (1, length (k));
  endif

  k = find ((x > 0) & (x < 1) & (p > 0) & (p <= 1));
  if (any (k))
    inv(k) = max (ceil (log (1 - x(k)) ./ log (1 - p(k))) - 1,
		  zeros (1, length (k)));
  endif

  inv = reshape (inv, r, c);

endfunction