| which.min {base} | R Documentation |
Where is the Min() or Max() ?
Description
Determines the location, i.e., index of the (first) minimum or maximum of a numeric vector.
Usage
which.min(x)
which.max(x)
Arguments
x |
numeric vector, whose |
Value
an integer of length 1, giving the index of the
first minimum or maximum respectively of x.
If this extremum is unique, the result is the same (but more
efficient) as which(x == min(x)) or which(x == max(x))
respectively.
Author(s)
Martin Maechler
See Also
which, max.col, max, etc.
Examples
x <- c(1:4,0:5,11)
which.min(x)
which.max(x)
data(presidents)
presidents[1:30]
range(presidents, na.rm = TRUE)
which.min(presidents)# 28
which.max(presidents)# 2