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+function [F,X]=ecdf(h,Y)
+% ECDF empirical cumulative function
+% NaN's are considered Missing values and are ignored.
+%
+% [F,X] = ecdf(Y)
+% calculates empirical cumulative distribution functions (i.e Kaplan-Meier estimate)
+% ecdf(Y)
+% ecdf(gca,Y)
+% without output arguments plots the empirical cdf, in axis gca.
+%
+% Y input data
+% must be a vector or matrix, in case Y is a matrix, the ecdf for every column is computed.
+%
+% see also: HISTO2, HISTO3, PERCENTILE, QUANTILE
+
+
+% $Id: ecdf.m 8223 2011-04-20 09:16:06Z schloegl $
+% Copyright (C) 2009,2010 by Alois Schloegl <alois.schloegl@gmail.com>
+% This function is part of the NaN-toolbox
+% http://pub.ist.ac.at/~schloegl/matlab/NaN/
+
+% This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+% the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+% (at your option) any later version.
+%
+% This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+% GNU General Public License for more details.
+%
+% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+% along with this program; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+if ~isscalar(h) || ~ishandle(h) || isstruct(h),
+ Y = h;
+ h = [];
+end;
+
+DIM = [];
+
+ SW = isstruct(Y);
+ if SW, SW = isfield(Y,'datatype'); end;
+ if SW, SW = strcmp(Y.datatype,'HISTOGRAM'); end;
+ if SW,
+ [yr,yc]=size(Y.H);
+ if ~isfield(Y,'N');
+ Y.N = sum(Y.H,1);
+ end;
+ f = [zeros(1,yc);cumsum(Y.H,1)];
+ for k=1:yc,
+ f(:,k)=f(:,k)/Y.N(k);
+ end;
+ t = [Y.X(1,:);Y.X];
+
+ elseif isnumeric(Y),
+ sz = size(Y);
+ if isempty(DIM),
+ DIM = min(find(sz>1));
+ if isempty(DIM), DIM = 1; end;
+ end;
+ if DIM==2, Y=Y.'; DIM = 1; end;
+
+ t = sort(Y,1);
+ t = [t(1,:);t];
+ N = sum(~isnan(Y),1);
+ f = zeros(size(Y,1)+1,size(Y,2));
+ for k=1:size(Y,2),
+ f(:,k)=[0:size(Y,1)]'/N(k);
+ end;
+ end;
+
+ if nargout<1,
+ if ~isempty(h), axes(h); end;
+ stairs(t,f);
+ else
+ F = f;
+ X = t;
+ end;
+