## Copyright (C) 1997  Kurt Hornik
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} hypergeometric_rnd (@var{n_size}, @var{m}, @var{t}, @var{n})
## Generate a row vector containing a random sample of size @var{n_size} from
## the hypergeometric distribution with parameters @var{m}, @var{t}, and
## @var{n}.
##
## The parameters @var{m}, @var{t}, and @var{n} must positive integers
## with @var{m} and @var{n} not greater than @var{t}.
## @end deftypefn

function rnd = hypergeometric_rnd (N, m, t, n)

  if (nargin != 4)
    usage ("hypergeometric_rnd (N, m, t, n)");
  endif

  if ((m < 0) | (t < 0) | (n <= 0) | (m != round (m)) |
      (t != round (t)) | (n != round (n)) | (m > t) | (n > t))
    rnd = NaN * ones (1, N)
  else
    rnd = discrete_rnd (N, 0 : n, hypergeometric_pdf (0 : n, m, t, n));
  endif

endfunction