## Copyright (C) 2012 Rik Wehbring
## Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Kurt Hornik
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} stdnormal_inv (@var{x})
## For each element of @var{x}, compute the quantile (the
## inverse of the CDF) at @var{x} of the standard normal distribution
## (mean = 0, standard deviation = 1).
## @end deftypefn

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

function inv = stdnormal_inv (x)

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

  if (iscomplex (x))
    error ("stdnormal_inv: X must not be complex");
  endif

  inv = - sqrt (2) * erfcinv (2 * x);

endfunction


%!shared x
%! x = [-1 0 0.5 1 2];
%!assert (stdnormal_inv (x), [NaN -Inf 0 Inf NaN])

%% Test class of input preserved
%!assert (stdnormal_inv ([x, NaN]), [NaN -Inf 0 Inf NaN NaN])
%!assert (stdnormal_inv (single ([x, NaN])), single ([NaN -Inf 0 Inf NaN NaN]))

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