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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {} {@var{q} =} prctile (@var{x})
## @deftypefnx {} {@var{q} =} prctile (@var{x}, @var{p})
## @deftypefnx {} {@var{q} =} prctile (@var{x}, @var{p}, @var{dim})
## For a sample @var{x}, compute the quantiles, @var{q}, corresponding
## to the cumulative probability values, @var{p}, in percent.
##
## If @var{x} is a matrix, compute the percentiles for each column and return
## them in a matrix, such that the i-th row of @var{q} contains the
## @var{p}(i)th percentiles of each column of @var{x}.
##
## If @var{p} is unspecified, return the quantiles for @code{[0 25 50 75 100]}.
##
## The optional argument @var{dim} determines the dimension along which the
## percentiles are calculated. If @var{dim} is omitted it defaults to the
## first non-singleton dimension.
##
## Programming Note: All non-numeric values (NaNs) of @var{x} are ignored.
## @seealso{quantile}
## @end deftypefn
function q = prctile (x, p = [], dim)
if (nargin < 1)
print_usage ();
endif
if (! (isnumeric (x) || islogical (x)))
error ("prctile: X must be a numeric vector or matrix");
endif
if (isempty (p))
p = [0, 25, 50, 75, 100];
endif
if (! (isnumeric (p) && isvector (p)))
error ("prctile: P must be a numeric vector");
endif
nd = ndims (x);
sz = size (x);
if (nargin < 3)
## Find the first non-singleton dimension.
(dim = find (sz > 1, 1)) || (dim = 1);
else
if (!(isscalar (dim) && dim == fix (dim)) || !(1 <= dim))
error ("prctile: DIM must be an integer and a valid dimension");
endif
endif
## Convert from percent to decimal.
p /= 100;
q = quantile (x, p, dim);
endfunction
%!test
%! pct = 50;
%! q = prctile (1:4, pct);
%! qa = 2.5;
%! assert (q, qa);
%! q = prctile (1:4, pct, 1);
%! qa = [1, 2, 3, 4];
%! assert (q, qa);
%! q = prctile (1:4, pct, 2);
%! qa = 2.5;
%! assert (q, qa);
%!test
%! pct = [50 75];
%! q = prctile (1:4, pct);
%! qa = [2.5 3.5];
%! assert (q, qa);
%! q = prctile (1:4, pct, 1);
%! qa = [1, 2, 3, 4; 1, 2, 3, 4];
%! assert (q, qa);
%! q = prctile (1:4, pct, 2);
%! qa = [2.5 3.5];
%! assert (q, qa);
%!test
%! pct = 50;
%! x = [0.1126, 0.1148, 0.0521, 0.2364, 0.1393
%! 0.1718, 0.7273, 0.2041, 0.4531, 0.1585
%! 0.2795, 0.7978, 0.3296, 0.5567, 0.7307
%! 0.4288, 0.8753, 0.6477, 0.6287, 0.8165
%! 0.9331, 0.9312, 0.9635, 0.7796, 0.8461];
%! tol = 0.0001;
%! q = prctile (x, pct, 1);
%! qa = [0.2795, 0.7978, 0.3296, 0.5567, 0.7307];
%! assert (q, qa, tol);
%! q = prctile (x, pct, 2);
%! qa = [0.1148; 0.2041; 0.5567; 0.6477; 0.9312];
%! assert (q, qa, tol);
%!test
%! pct = 50;
%! tol = 0.0001;
%! x = [0.1126, 0.1148, 0.0521, 0.2364, 0.1393
%! 0.1718, 0.7273, 0.2041, 0.4531, 0.1585
%! 0.2795, 0.7978, 0.3296, 0.5567, 0.7307
%! 0.4288, 0.8753, 0.6477, 0.6287, 0.8165
%! 0.9331, 0.9312, 0.9635, 0.7796, 0.8461];
%! x(5,5) = Inf;
%! q = prctile (x, pct, 1);
%! qa = [0.2795, 0.7978, 0.3296, 0.5567, 0.7307];
%! assert (q, qa, tol);
%! x(5,5) = -Inf;
%! q = prctile (x, pct, 1);
%! qa = [0.2795, 0.7978, 0.3296, 0.5567, 0.1585];
%! assert (q, qa, tol);
%! x(1,1) = Inf;
%! q = prctile (x, pct, 1);
%! qa = [0.4288, 0.7978, 0.3296, 0.5567, 0.1585];
%! assert (q, qa, tol);
%!test
%! pct = 50;
%! tol = 0.0001;
%! x = [0.1126, 0.1148, 0.0521, 0.2364, 0.1393
%! 0.1718, 0.7273, 0.2041, 0.4531, 0.1585
%! 0.2795, 0.7978, 0.3296, 0.5567, 0.7307
%! 0.4288, 0.8753, 0.6477, 0.6287, 0.8165
%! 0.9331, 0.9312, 0.9635, 0.7796, 0.8461];
%! x(3,3) = Inf;
%! q = prctile (x, pct, 1);
%! qa = [0.2795, 0.7978, 0.6477, 0.5567, 0.7307];
%! assert (q, qa, tol);
%! q = prctile (x, pct, 2);
%! qa = [0.1148; 0.2041; 0.7307; 0.6477; 0.9312];
%! assert (q, qa, tol);
%!test
%! pct = 50;
%! tol = 0.0001;
%! x = [0.1126, 0.1148, 0.0521, 0.2364, 0.1393
%! 0.1718, 0.7273, 0.2041, 0.4531, 0.1585
%! 0.2795, 0.7978, 0.3296, 0.5567, 0.7307
%! 0.4288, 0.8753, 0.6477, 0.6287, 0.8165
%! 0.9331, 0.9312, 0.9635, 0.7796, 0.8461];
%! x(5,5) = NaN;
%! q = prctile (x, pct, 2);
%! qa = [0.1148; 0.2041; 0.5567; 0.6477; 0.9322];
%! assert (q, qa, tol);
%! x(1,1) = NaN;
%! q = prctile (x, pct, 2);
%! qa = [0.1270; 0.2041; 0.5567; 0.6477; 0.9322];
%! assert (q, qa, tol);
%! x(3,3) = NaN;
%! q = prctile (x, pct, 2);
%! qa = [0.1270; 0.2041; 0.6437; 0.6477; 0.9322];
%! assert (q, qa, tol);
%!assert (prctile ([1:10], 1, 3), [1:10])
## Test input validation
%!error prctile ()
%!error prctile (['A'; 'B'], 10)
%!error prctile (1:10, [true, false])
%!error prctile (1:10, ones (2,2))
%!error prctile (1, 1, 1.5)
%!error prctile (1, 1, 0)