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21## @deftypefn {Function File} {} cauchy_rnd (@var{lambda}, @var{sigma}, @var{r}, @var{c})
22## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} cauchy_rnd (@var{lambda}, @var{sigma}, @var{sz})
23## Return an @var{r} by @var{c} or a @code{size (@var{sz})} matrix of
24## random samples from the Cauchy distribution with parameters @var{lambda}
25## and @var{sigma} which must both be scalar or of size @var{r} by @var{c}.
27## If @var{r} and @var{c} are omitted, the size of the result matrix is
28## the common size of @var{lambda} and @var{sigma}.
31## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
32## Description: Random deviates from the Cauchy distribution
34function rnd = cauchy_rnd (l, scale, r, c)
37 if (!isscalar (l) || !isscalar (scale))
38 [retval, l, scale] = common_size (l, scale);
40 error ("cauchy_rnd: lambda and sigma must be of common size or scalar");
46 if (! (isscalar (r) && (r > 0) && (r == round (r))))
47 error ("cauchy_rnd: r must be a positive integer");
49 if (! (isscalar (c) && (c > 0) && (c == round (c))))
50 error ("cauchy_rnd: c must be a positive integer");
54 if (any (size (l) != 1)
55 && (length (size (l)) != length (sz) || any (size (l) != sz)))
56 error ("cauchy_rnd: lambda and sigma must be scalar or of size [r, c]");
59 if (isscalar (r) && (r > 0))
61 elseif (isvector(r) && all (r > 0))
64 error ("cauchy_rnd: r must be a positive integer or vector");
67 if (any (size (l) != 1)
68 && (length (size (l)) != length (sz) || any (size (l) != sz)))
69 error ("cauchy_rnd: lambda and sigma must be scalar or of size sz");
77 if (isscalar (l) && isscalar (scale))
78 if (find (!(l > -Inf) | !(l < Inf) | !(scale > 0) | !(scale < Inf)))
79 rnd = NaN * ones (sz);
81 rnd = l - cot (pi * rand (sz)) .* scale;
84 rnd = NaN * ones (sz);
85 k = find ((l > -Inf) & (l < Inf) & (scale > 0) & (scale < Inf));
87 rnd(k) = l(k)(:) - cot (pi * rand (size (k))) .* scale(k)(:);