laplace_rnd.m

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## Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997  Kurt Hornik
## 
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## usage:  laplace_rnd (r, c)
##
## Return an r by c matrix of random numbers from the Laplace
## distribution.
  
## Author:  KH <[e-mail]>
## Description:  Random deviates from the Laplace distribution

function rnd = laplace_rnd (r, c)
  
  if (nargin != 2)
    usage ("laplace_rnd (r, c)");
  endif

  if ( !(is_scalar (r) && (r > 0) && (r == round (r))) )
    error ("laplace_rnd:  r must be a positive integer");
  endif
  if ( !(is_scalar (c) && (c > 0) && (c == round (c))) )
    error ("laplace_rnd:  c must be a positive integer");
  endif

  tmp = rand (r, c);
  rnd = ((tmp < 1/2) .* log (2 * tmp) 
	 - (tmp > 1/2) .* log (2 * (1 - tmp)));
  
endfunction