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Library: glm
See also: log xlnxdy

Quantlet: xlny
Description: computes x.*log(y), with check for x=y=0, used for GLM.

Usage: l = xlny(x,y)
Input:
x n x k matrix
y n x k matrix
Output:
l n x k matrix

Example:
library("glm")
x = 0|0|1|1|1
y = 0|0.5|1|0|0.5
xlny(x,y)

Result:
Contents of l
[1,]        0
[2,]        0
[3,]        0
[4,]     -Inf
[5,] -0.69315



Author: M. Mueller, 20010228
(C) MD*TECH Method and Data Technologies, 05.02.2006