[R] how to find indices of particular array elements

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How about the function which?

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On 10/17/05, Jonathan Williams
<jonathan.williams at pharmacology.oxford.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear R helpers,
>
> I have a largish matrix (1300 x 1300) and I wish to find the row and column
> numbers that identify particular elements whose values I know in advance
> (for example, the row and column numbers for the maximum value of the
> matrix).
>
> I have looked in the help manual and found the functions 'row' and 'col' for
> finding the indices of a matrix. But, I can't figure out how to use them to
> obtain the indices of the matrix element with maximum value, despite over an
> hour of trying!
>
> Many thanks for your help,
>
> Jonathan Williams
>
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