## Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997  Kurt Hornik
##
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##
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## usage:  uniform_cdf (x [, a, b])
##
## Returns the CDF at x of the uniform distribution on [a, b], i.e.,
## PROB( uniform(a,b) <= x ).
##
## Default values are a = 0, b = 1.

## Author:  KH <Kurt.Hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at>
## Description:  CDF of the uniform distribution

function cdf = uniform_cdf (x, a, b)

  if !(nargin == 1 || nargin == 3)
    usage ("uniform_cdf (x [, a, b])");
  endif

  if (nargin == 1)
    a = 0;
    b = 1;
  endif

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

  [r, c] = size (x);
  s = r * c;
  x = reshape (x, 1, s);
  a = reshape (a, 1, s);
  b = reshape (b, 1, s);
  cdf = zeros (1, s);

  k = find (isnan (x) | !(a < b));
  if any (k)
    cdf(k) = NaN * ones (1, length (k));
  endif

  k = find ((x >= b) & (a < b));
  if any (k)
    cdf(k) = ones (1, length (k));
  endif

  k = find ((x > a) & (x < b));
  if any (k)
    cdf(k) = (x(k) < b(k)) .* (x(k) - a(k)) ./ (b(k) - a(k));
  endif

  cdf = reshape (cdf, r, c);

endfunction