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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} {} nbinrnd (@var{n}, @var{p})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} nbinrnd (@var{n}, @var{p}, @var{r})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} nbinrnd (@var{n}, @var{p}, @var{r}, @var{c}, @dots{})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} nbinrnd (@var{n}, @var{p}, [@var{sz}])
+## Return a matrix of random samples from the negative binomial
+## distribution with parameters @var{n} and @var{p}.
+##
+## When called with a single size argument, return a square matrix with
+## the dimension specified. When called with more than one scalar argument the
+## first two arguments are taken as the number of rows and columns and any
+## further arguments specify additional matrix dimensions. The size may also
+## be specified with a vector of dimensions @var{sz}.
+##
+## If no size arguments are given then the result matrix is the common size of
+## @var{n} and @var{p}.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
+## Description: Random deviates from the Pascal distribution
+
+function rnd = nbinrnd (n, p, varargin)
+
+ if (nargin < 2)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (!isscalar (n) || !isscalar (p))
+ [retval, n, p] = common_size (n, p);
+ if (retval > 0)
+ error ("nbinrnd: N and P must be of common size or scalars");
+ endif
+ endif
+
+ if (iscomplex (n) || iscomplex (p))
+ error ("nbinrnd: N and P must not be complex");
+ endif
+
+ if (nargin == 2)
+ sz = size (n);
+ elseif (nargin == 3)
+ if (isscalar (varargin{1}) && varargin{1} >= 0)
+ sz = [varargin{1}, varargin{1}];
+ elseif (isrow (varargin{1}) && all (varargin{1} >= 0))
+ sz = varargin{1};
+ else
+ error ("nbinrnd: dimension vector must be row vector of non-negative integers");
+ endif
+ elseif (nargin > 3)
+ if (any (cellfun (@(x) (!isscalar (x) || x < 0), varargin)))
+ error ("nbinrnd: dimensions must be non-negative integers");
+ endif
+ sz = [varargin{:}];
+ endif
+
+ if (!isscalar (n) && !isequal (size (n), sz))
+ error ("nbinrnd: N and P must be scalar or of size SZ");
+ endif
+
+ if (isa (n, "single") || isa (p, "single"))
+ cls = "single";
+ else
+ cls = "double";
+ endif
+
+ if (isscalar (n) && isscalar (p))
+ if ((n > 0) && (n < Inf) && (p > 0) && (p <= 1))
+ rnd = randp ((1 - p) ./ p .* randg (n, sz));
+ if (strcmp (cls, "single"))
+ rnd = single (rnd);
+ endif
+ elseif ((n > 0) && (n < Inf) && (p == 0))
+ rnd = zeros (sz, cls);
+ else
+ rnd = NaN (sz, cls);
+ endif
+ else
+ rnd = NaN (sz, cls);
+
+ k = (n > 0) & (n < Inf) & (p == 0);
+ rnd(k) = 0;
+
+ k = (n > 0) & (n < Inf) & (p > 0) & (p <= 1);
+ rnd(k) = randp ((1 - p(k)) ./ p(k) .* randg (n(k)));
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+
+%!assert(size (nbinrnd (2, 1/2)), [1, 1]);
+%!assert(size (nbinrnd (2*ones(2,1), 1/2)), [2, 1]);
+%!assert(size (nbinrnd (2*ones(2,2), 1/2)), [2, 2]);
+%!assert(size (nbinrnd (2, 1/2*ones(2,1))), [2, 1]);
+%!assert(size (nbinrnd (2, 1/2*ones(2,2))), [2, 2]);
+%!assert(size (nbinrnd (2, 1/2, 3)), [3, 3]);
+%!assert(size (nbinrnd (2, 1/2, [4 1])), [4, 1]);
+%!assert(size (nbinrnd (2, 1/2, 4, 1)), [4, 1]);
+
+%% Test class of input preserved
+%!assert(class (nbinrnd (2, 1/2)), "double");
+%!assert(class (nbinrnd (single(2), 1/2)), "single");
+%!assert(class (nbinrnd (single([2 2]), 1/2)), "single");
+%!assert(class (nbinrnd (2, single(1/2))), "single");
+%!assert(class (nbinrnd (2, single([1/2 1/2]))), "single");
+
+%% Test input validation
+%!error nbinrnd ()
+%!error nbinrnd (1)
+%!error nbinrnd (ones(3),ones(2))
+%!error nbinrnd (ones(2),ones(3))
+%!error nbinrnd (i, 2)
+%!error nbinrnd (2, i)
+%!error nbinrnd (1,2, -1)
+%!error nbinrnd (1,2, ones(2))
+%!error nbinrnd (1, 2, [2 -1 2])
+%!error nbinrnd (1,2, 1, ones(2))
+%!error nbinrnd (1,2, 1, -1)
+%!error nbinrnd (ones(2,2), 2, 3)
+%!error nbinrnd (ones(2,2), 2, [3, 2])
+%!error nbinrnd (ones(2,2), 2, 2, 3)
+