## Copyright (C) 1998 John W. Eaton
##
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## usage: randperm (N)
##
## Return a row vector containing a random permutation of the
## integers from 1 to N.

## Author: "James R. Van Zandt" <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
## Adapted-By: jwe

function retval = randperm (n)

  if (nargin == 1 && is_scalar (n) && floor (n) == n)
    if (n > 0)
      [junk, retval] = sort (rand (1, n));
    else
      error ("randperm: argument must be positive");
    endif
  else
    usage ("randperm (n)");
  endif

endfunction
