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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} poisscdf (@var{x}, @var{lambda})
## For each element of @var{x}, compute the cumulative distribution
## function (CDF) at @var{x} of the Poisson distribution with parameter
## lambda.
## @end deftypefn

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

function cdf = poisscdf (x, l)

  if (nargin != 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (!isscalar (l))
    [retval, x, l] = common_size (x, l);
    if (retval > 0)
      error ("poisscdf: x and lambda must be of common size or scalar");
    endif
  endif

  cdf = zeros (size (x));

  k = find (isnan (x) | !(l > 0));
  if (any (k))
    cdf(k) = NaN;
  endif

  k = find ((x == Inf) & (l > 0));
  if (any (k))
    cdf(k) = 1;
  endif

  k = find ((x >= 0) & (x < Inf) & (l > 0));
  if (any (k))
    if (isscalar (l))
      cdf(k) = 1 - gammainc (l, floor (x(k)) + 1);
    else
      cdf(k) = 1 - gammainc (l(k), floor (x(k)) + 1);
    endif
  endif

endfunction
