## Copyright (C) 2004 Paul Kienzle
##
## This program is free software and is in the public domain

## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} sprandn (@var{m}, @var{n}, @var{d})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} sprandn (@var{s})
## Generate a random sparse matrix. The size of the matrix will be
## @var{m} by @var{n}, with a density of values given by @var{d}.
## @var{d} should be between 0 and 1. Values will be normally
## distributed with mean of zero and variance 1.
##
## Note: sometimes the actual density  may be a bit smaller than @var{d}. 
## This is unlikely to happen for large really sparse matrices.
##
## If called with a single matrix argument, a random sparse matrix is
## generated wherever the matrix @var{S} is non-zero.
## @seealso{sprand}
## @end deftypefn

## This program is public domain
## Author: Paul Kienzle <pkienzle@users.sf.net>

function S = sprandn (m, n, d)
  if (nargin == 1)
    [i, j, v, nr, nc] = spfind (m);
    S = sparse (i, j, randn (size (v)), nr, nc);
  elseif (nargin == 3)
    mn = m*n;
    k = round (d*mn);
    idx = unique (fix (rand (min (k*1.01, k+10), 1) * mn)) + 1; 
    ## idx contains random numbers in [1,mn]
    ## generate 1% or 10 more random values than necessary in order to
    ## reduce the probability that there are less than k distinct
    ## values; maybe a better strategy could be used but I don't think
    ## it's worth the price.

    ## actual number of entries in S
    k = min (length (idx), k);
    j = floor ((idx(1:k)-1)/m);
    i = idx(1:k) - j*m;
    if (isempty (i))
      S = sparse (m, n);
    else
      S = sparse (i, j+1, randn (k, 1), m, n);
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif
endfunction