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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} geopdf (@var{x}, @var{p})
## For each element of @var{x}, compute the probability density function
## (PDF) at @var{x} of the geometric distribution with parameter @var{p}.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
## Description: PDF of the geometric distribution

function pdf = geopdf (x, p)

  if (nargin != 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (!isscalar (x) && !isscalar (p))
    [retval, x, p] = common_size (x, p);
    if (retval > 0)
      error ("geopdf: x and p must be of common size or scalar");
    endif
  endif

  pdf = zeros (size (x));

  k = find (isnan (x) | !(p >= 0) | !(p <= 1));
  if (any (k))
    pdf(k) = NaN;
  endif

  ## Just for the fun of it ...
  k = find ((x == Inf) & (p == 0));
  if (any (k))
    pdf(k) = 1;
  endif

  k = find ((x >= 0) & (x < Inf) & (x == round (x)) & (p > 0) & (p <= 1));
  if (any (k))
    if (isscalar (x))
      pdf(k) = p(k) .* ((1 - p(k)) .^ x);
    elseif (isscalar (p))
      pdf(k) = p .* ((1 - p) .^ x(k));
    else
      pdf(k) = p(k) .* ((1 - p(k)) .^ x(k));
    endif
  endif

endfunction