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##               2007 Kurt Hornik
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} laplace_inv (@var{x})
## For each element of @var{x}, compute the quantile (the inverse of the
## CDF) at @var{x} of the Laplace distribution.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
## Description: Quantile function of the Laplace distribution

function inv = laplace_inv (x)

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

  inv = -Inf (size (x));

  k = find (isnan (x) | (x < 0) | (x > 1));
  if (any (k))
    inv(k) = NaN;
  endif

  k = find (x == 1);
  if (any (k))
    inv(k) = Inf;
  endif

  k = find ((x > 0) & (x < 1));
  if (any (k))
    inv(k) = ((x(k) < 1/2) .* log (2 * x(k))
	      - (x(k) > 1/2) .* log (2 * (1 - x(k))));
  endif

endfunction