Hello Lorezo, Try this...
order(sapply(mylist, min))[1] Michael On 26 November 2010 11:23, Lorenzo Cattarino <l.cattar...@uq.edu.au> wrote: > Hi R-users, > > > > I have a list > > > > mylist <- list(c(0.79, 0.92, 0.91, 0.86, 0.96, 0.96, 0.95, 0.94, 0.99), > c(0.28, 0.45, 0.59, 0.69, 0.80, 0.87, 0.95, 0.94, 0.98), c(0.29, 0.39, > 0.59, 0.69, 0.68, 0.80, 0.93, 0.95, 0.98)) > > > > Is there a way to find the index of the list element that contains the > lowest value among all the other elements? As the lowest value in each > element is the first, the question is actually how to find the lowest > 'first' values among the list elements, and then get the index of that > element. > > > > In my example the list element would be (because the value is 0.28): > > > > [[2]] > > [1] 0.28 0.45 0.59 0.69 0.80 0.87 0.95 0.94 0.98 > > > > and the position of course 2. > > > > I am looking for the index because I would like to subset the list > afterwards (e.g. mylist[[2]]) and extract that element (i.e. the whole > vector). > > > > Thanks for your help > > Lorenzo > > > > Lorenzo Cattarino > > PhD Candidate (Confirmed) > > > > Landscape Ecology and Conservation Group > > Centre for Spatial Environmental Research > > School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management > > The University of Queensland > > Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia > > Telephone 61-7-3365 4370, Mobile 0410884610 > > Email l.cattar...@uq.edu.au > > Internet http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/cser <http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/cser> > > > > > > [[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. > ______________________________________________ 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.