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

## Author: TT <Teresa.Twaroch@ci.tuwien.ac.at>
## Description: PDF of the standard normal distribution

function pdf = stdnormal_pdf (x)

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

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

  pdf = (2 * pi)^(- 1/2) * exp (- x .^ 2 / 2);

endfunction


%!shared x,y
%! x = [-Inf 0 1 Inf];
%! y = 1/sqrt(2*pi)*exp (-x.^2/2);
%!assert(stdnormal_pdf ([x, NaN]), [y, NaN], eps);

%% Test class of input preserved
%!assert(stdnormal_pdf (single([x, NaN])), single([y, NaN]), eps("single"));

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

