[R] fast code {for max/min finding}

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "Timur" == Timur Elzhov <Timur.Elzhov at jinr.ru>
>>>>>     on Fri, 6 Dec 2002 20:41:26 +0300 writes:

    Timur> On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 01:12:27PM -0400, Pantelis
    Timur> Andreou wrote:
    >> I have two vectors x1 and x2 both in increasing order.  I
    >> want to select the x1[j]th entry which is the max min of
    >> the x2[i]th entry. I can do this using if and for
    >> statements but is there a quick way to do it without
    >> running a loop?
    Timur> Use `which' function:

    Timur> x1[which(x2 == max(x2))]
which is equivalent to the {shorter/faster}
	   x1[x2 == max(x2)]

If this is what he meant, an even faster solution might be

   x1[which.max(x2)]

Note that this however might be different! 
If the maximum is not unique, Timur's proposal returns a vector
of length > 1, where which.max(.) always returns the location of
the *first* maximum in x2.


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