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

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

function pdf = exponential_pdf (varargin)

 if (nargin > 1)
   varargin{2} = 1 ./ varargin{2};
 endif

 pdf =  exppdf (varargin{:});

endfunction