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

Dimitris Rizopoulos dimitris.rizopoulos at med.kuleuven.be
Fri Jun 1 11:42:14 CEST 2007


look at the `arr.ind' argument of ?which(), e.g.,

x <- matrix(rnorm(9), 3, 3)
x
which(x == max(x), arr.ind = TRUE)


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mirko sanpietrucci" <mirko.sanpietrucci at email.it>
To: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 11:09 AM
Subject: [R] how to extract the maximum from a matrix?


> 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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