[R] Odp: how to extract the maximum from a matrix?

[Petr PIKAL]

Hi

If you have tried to go through help pages of max you could find out which 
function, which can tell you position of your maximum.

which(x==max(x), arr.ind=T)

Regards

Petr Pikal
petr.pikal at precheza.cz

r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch napsal dne 01.06.2007 11:09:09:

> Dear UseRs,
> I have a very simple question. I have a big matrix (say x) including 
> probabilities (values in (0,1)).
> I have to store in a list the names of the row and the column where 
max(x) 
> is located. How can I proceed?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your assistance!
> 
> mirko
> 
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