[R] how to get the index of entry with max value in an array?

[Prof Brian Ripley]

?which.max
?which.is.min

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Feng Qiu wrote:

> Hi all:
>         A short question:
>         For example,  a=[3,4,6,2,3], obviously the 3rd entry of the array has the maxium value, what I want is index of the maxium value: 3. is there a neat expression to get this index?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Best,
>
> Feng
>
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