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+## Copyright (C) 2012 Rik Wehbring
+## Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Kurt Hornik
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} lognpdf (@var{x})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} lognpdf (@var{x}, @var{mu}, @var{sigma})
+## For each element of @var{x}, compute the probability density function
+## (PDF) at @var{x} of the lognormal distribution with parameters
+## @var{mu} and @var{sigma}. If a random variable follows this distribution,
+## its logarithm is normally distributed with mean @var{mu}
+## and standard deviation @var{sigma}.
+##
+## Default values are @var{mu} = 1, @var{sigma} = 1.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
+## Description: PDF of the log normal distribution
+
+function pdf = lognpdf (x, mu = 0, sigma = 1)
+
+ if (nargin != 1 && nargin != 3)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (!isscalar (mu) || !isscalar (sigma))
+ [retval, x, mu, sigma] = common_size (x, mu, sigma);
+ if (retval > 0)
+ error ("lognpdf: X, MU, and SIGMA must be of common size or scalars");
+ endif
+ endif
+
+ if (iscomplex (x) || iscomplex (mu) || iscomplex (sigma))
+ error ("lognpdf: X, MU, and SIGMA must not be complex");
+ endif
+
+ if (isa (x, "single") || isa (mu, "single") || isa (sigma, "single"))
+ pdf = zeros (size (x), "single");
+ else
+ pdf = zeros (size (x));
+ endif
+
+ k = isnan (x) | !(sigma > 0) | !(sigma < Inf);
+ pdf(k) = NaN;
+
+ k = (x > 0) & (x < Inf) & (sigma > 0) & (sigma < Inf);
+ if (isscalar (mu) && isscalar (sigma))
+ pdf(k) = normpdf (log (x(k)), mu, sigma) ./ x(k);
+ else
+ pdf(k) = normpdf (log (x(k)), mu(k), sigma(k)) ./ x(k);
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+
+%!shared x,y
+%! x = [-1 0 e Inf];
+%! y = [0, 0, 1/(e*sqrt(2*pi)) * exp(-1/2), 0];
+%!assert(lognpdf (x, zeros(1,4), ones(1,4)), y, eps);
+%!assert(lognpdf (x, 0, ones(1,4)), y, eps);
+%!assert(lognpdf (x, zeros(1,4), 1), y, eps);
+%!assert(lognpdf (x, [0 1 NaN 0], 1), [0 0 NaN y(4)], eps);
+%!assert(lognpdf (x, 0, [0 NaN Inf 1]), [NaN NaN NaN y(4)], eps);
+%!assert(lognpdf ([x, NaN], 0, 1), [y, NaN], eps);
+
+%% Test class of input preserved
+%!assert(lognpdf (single([x, NaN]), 0, 1), single([y, NaN]), eps("single"));
+%!assert(lognpdf ([x, NaN], single(0), 1), single([y, NaN]), eps("single"));
+%!assert(lognpdf ([x, NaN], 0, single(1)), single([y, NaN]), eps("single"));
+
+%% Test input validation
+%!error lognpdf ()
+%!error lognpdf (1,2)
+%!error lognpdf (1,2,3,4)
+%!error lognpdf (ones(3),ones(2),ones(2))
+%!error lognpdf (ones(2),ones(3),ones(2))
+%!error lognpdf (ones(2),ones(2),ones(3))
+%!error lognpdf (i, 2, 2)
+%!error lognpdf (2, i, 2)
+%!error lognpdf (2, 2, i)
+