# create a 4x4 matrix with random values
smallmatrix = matrix(runif(16)*10, ncol = 4, nrow = 4)
# get the row and column number of the item in the
matrix with the highest value
which(smallmatrix == max(smallmatrix), arr.ind = 1)
HTH,
Martin
--- Jonathan Williams
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> De
How about the function which?
?which
On 10/17/05, Jonathan Williams
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> Dear R helpers,
>
> I have a largish matrix (1300 x 1300) and I wish to find the row and column
> numbers that identify particular elements whose values I know in advance
> (for example, the row and c
Dear R helpers,
I have a largish matrix (1300 x 1300) and I wish to find the row and column
numbers that identify particular elements whose values I know in advance
(for example, the row and column numbers for the maximum value of the
matrix).
I have looked in the help manual and found the functi