Dear Chris, If 'x' is your matrix, you could try this: tail(sort(apply(x,1,max)),2)
HTH, Jorge On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Chris82 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello R users, > > is there a possibility to get the relativ maximum of a matrix? > To get the absolut maximum I use max(matrix) > > For example: > > The absolut maximum of this matrix is 6[3,6], but the relativ maximum is > 6[3,6] and 4[7,6], because both values are the highest value in comparison > to their eight neighbours values. > > [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6] [,7] [,8] > [1,] 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 > [2,] 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 > [3,] 3 3 3 4 4 6 5 4 > [4,] 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 > [5,] 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 > [6,] 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 > [7,] 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 1 > [8,] 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 > > my first idea was to use this code: > > a <- matrix > > for (i in 2:7){ > for (j in 2:7){ > relmax <- a[a[i,j] > a[(i-1),(j-1)], a[(i-1),j], a[(i-1),(j+1)], > a[i,(j-1)], > a[i,(j+1)], a[(i+1),(j-1)], a[(i+1),j], a[(i+1),(j-1)]] > } > } > > but the code doesn't really work > > thanks. > > greets > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Searching-a-relativ-maximum-of-a-matrix-tp19590576p19590576.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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.