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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} {} poissrnd (@var{lambda})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} poissrnd (@var{lambda}, @var{r})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} poissrnd (@var{lambda}, @var{r}, @var{c}, @dots{})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} poissrnd (@var{lambda}, [@var{sz}])
+## Return a matrix of random samples from the Poisson distribution with
+## parameter @var{lambda}.
+##
+## 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 size of
+## @var{lambda}.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
+## Description: Random deviates from the Poisson distribution
+
+function rnd = poissrnd (lambda, varargin)
+
+ if (nargin < 1)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (nargin == 1)
+ sz = size (lambda);
+ elseif (nargin == 2)
+ 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 ("poissrnd: dimension vector must be row vector of non-negative integers");
+ endif
+ elseif (nargin > 2)
+ if (any (cellfun (@(x) (!isscalar (x) || x < 0), varargin)))
+ error ("poissrnd: dimensions must be non-negative integers");
+ endif
+ sz = [varargin{:}];
+ endif
+
+ if (!isscalar (lambda) && !isequal (size (lambda), sz))
+ error ("poissrnd: LAMBDA must be scalar or of size SZ");
+ endif
+
+ if (iscomplex (lambda))
+ error ("poissrnd: LAMBDA must not be complex");
+ endif
+
+ if (isa (lambda, "single"))
+ cls = "single";
+ else
+ cls = "double";
+ endif
+
+ if (isscalar (lambda))
+ if (lambda >= 0 && lambda < Inf)
+ rnd = randp (lambda, sz);
+ if (strcmp (cls, "single"))
+ rnd = single (rnd);
+ endif
+ else
+ rnd = NaN (sz, cls);
+ endif
+ else
+ rnd = NaN (sz, cls);
+
+ k = (lambda >= 0) & (lambda < Inf);
+ rnd(k) = randp (lambda(k));
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+%!assert(size (poissrnd (2)), [1, 1]);
+%!assert(size (poissrnd (ones(2,1))), [2, 1]);
+%!assert(size (poissrnd (ones(2,2))), [2, 2]);
+%!assert(size (poissrnd (1, 3)), [3, 3]);
+%!assert(size (poissrnd (1, [4 1])), [4, 1]);
+%!assert(size (poissrnd (1, 4, 1)), [4, 1]);
+
+%% Test class of input preserved
+%!assert(class (poissrnd (2)), "double");
+%!assert(class (poissrnd (single(2))), "single");
+%!assert(class (poissrnd (single([2 2]))), "single");
+
+%% Test input validation
+%!error poissrnd ()
+%!error poissrnd (1, -1)
+%!error poissrnd (1, ones(2))
+%!error poissrnd (1, 2, ones(2))
+%!error poissrnd (i)
+%!error poissrnd (1, 2, -1)
+%!error poissrnd (1, [2 -1 2])
+%!error poissrnd (ones(2,2), 3)
+%!error poissrnd (ones(2,2), [3, 2])
+%!error poissrnd (ones(2,2), 2, 3)
+
+%!assert (poissrnd (0, 1, 1), 0)
+%!assert (poissrnd ([0, 0, 0], [1, 3]), [0 0 0])
+