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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} uniform_rnd (@var{a}, @var{b}, @var{r}, @var{c})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} uniform_rnd (@var{a}, @var{b}, @var{sz})
## Return an @var{r} by @var{c} or a @code{size (@var{sz})} matrix of 
## random samples from the uniform distribution on [@var{a}, @var{b}]. 
## Both @var{a} and @var{b} must be scalar or of size @var{r} by @var{c}.
##
## If @var{r} and @var{c} are omitted, the size of the result matrix is
## the common size of @var{a} and @var{b}.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at>
## Description: Random deviates from the uniform distribution

function rnd = uniform_rnd (a, b, r, c)

  if (nargin > 1)
    if (!isscalar(a) || !isscalar(b)) 
      [retval, a, b] = common_size (a, b);
      if (retval > 0)
	error ("uniform_rnd: a and b must be of common size or scalar");
      endif
    endif
  endif

  if (nargin == 4)
    if (! (isscalar (r) && (r > 0) && (r == round (r))))
      error ("uniform_rnd: r must be a positive integer");
    endif
    if (! (isscalar (c) && (c > 0) && (c == round (c))))
      error ("uniform_rnd: c must be a positive integer");
    endif
    sz = [r, c];

    if (any (size (a) != 1)
	&& (length (size (a)) != length (sz) || any (size (a) != sz)))
      error ("uniform_rnd: a and b must be scalar or of size [r, c]");
    endif
  elseif (nargin == 3)
    if (isscalar (r) && (r > 0))
      sz = [r, r];
    elseif (isvector(r) && all (r > 0))
      sz = r(:)';
    else
      error ("uniform_rnd: r must be a postive integer or vector");
    endif

    if (any (size (a) != 1)
	&& (length (size (a)) != length (sz) || any (size (a) != sz)))
      error ("uniform_rnd: a and b must be scalar or of size sz");
    endif
  elseif (nargin == 2)
    sz = size(a);
  else
    usage ("uniform_rnd (a, b, r, c)");
  endif

  if (isscalar(a) && isscalar(b))
    if (find (!(-Inf < a) | !(a < b) | !(b < Inf)))
      rnd = NaN * ones(sz);
    else
      rnd =  a + (b - a) .* rand (sz);
    endif
  else
    rnd =  a + (b - a) .* rand (sz);

    k = find (!(-Inf < a) | !(a < b) | !(b < Inf));
    if (any (k))
      rnd(k) = NaN;
    endif
  endif

endfunction