which.min() more generally
which(a==min(a)) Michael Weylandt On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Chee Chen <chee.c...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear All, > I would like to ask a question on how to find the index of the minimum of > entries of a numeric vector, without using loops or user defined functions. > Suppose we have a vector: > a <- c(3,1,2) > then, > min(a) = 1 > and its index is 2. > > Target: how to get the index of this minimum? How to get the indices if > multiple entries assume this same minimum? > > Thank you, > Chee > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
