## Copyright (C) 2012 Rik Wehbring
## Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Kurt Hornik
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} laplace_pdf (@var{x})
## For each element of @var{x}, compute the probability density function
## (PDF) at @var{x} of the Laplace distribution.
## @end deftypefn

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

function pdf = laplace_pdf (x)

  if (nargin != 1)
    print_usage ();
  endif
  
  if (iscomplex (x))
    error ("laplace_pdf: X must not be complex");
  endif

  pdf = exp (- abs (x)) / 2;

endfunction


%!shared x,y
%! x = [-Inf -log(2) 0 log(2) Inf];
%! y = [0, 1/4, 1/2, 1/4, 0]; 
%!assert (laplace_pdf ([x, NaN]), [y, NaN])

%% Test class of input preserved
%!assert (laplace_pdf (single ([x, NaN])), single ([y, NaN]))

%% Test input validation
%!error laplace_pdf ()
%!error laplace_pdf (1,2)
%!error laplace_pdf (i)