normpdf.m

similer program for matlab

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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} normpdf (@var{x}, @var{m}, @var{s})
## For each element of @var{x}, compute the probability density function
## (PDF) at @var{x} of the normal distribution with mean @var{m} and
## standard deviation @var{s}.
##
## Default values are @var{m} = 0, @var{s} = 1.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: TT <[e-mail]>
## Description: PDF of the normal distribution

function pdf = normpdf (x, m, s)

  if (nargin != 1 && nargin != 3)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (nargin == 1)
    m = 0;
    s = 1;
  endif

  if (!isscalar (m) || !isscalar (s))
    [retval, x, m, s] = common_size (x, m, s);
    if (retval > 0)
      error ("normpdf: x, m and s must be of common size or scalars");
    endif
  endif

  sz = size (x);
  pdf = zeros (sz);

  if (isscalar (m) && isscalar (s))
    if (find (isinf (m) | isnan (m) | !(s >= 0) | !(s < Inf)))
      pdf = NaN * ones (sz);
    else
      pdf = stdnormal_pdf ((x - m) ./ s) ./ s;
    endif
  else
    k = find (isinf (m) | isnan (m) | !(s >= 0) | !(s < Inf));
    if (any (k))
      pdf(k) = NaN;
    endif

    k = find (!isinf (m) & !isnan (m) & (s >= 0) & (s < Inf));
    if (any (k))
      pdf(k) = stdnormal_pdf ((x(k) - m(k)) ./ s(k)) ./ s(k);
    endif
  endif

  pdf((s == 0) & (x == m)) = Inf;
  pdf((s == 0) & ((x < m) | (x > m))) = 0;

endfunction