Re: Finding the index of the smallest value in a vector

[Miquel Cabanas]

hi,

On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 09:16:03AM +0100, Ploett Norbert wrote:
> 
> I need to find a function that returns the index of the smallest value in a
> vector. How do I go about this? I.e. is there a handy function that I do not
> know of?
> 
> find() does not seem to do exactly what I want.
> 

min() is what you're looking for.

According to the documentation (see 'help min'),

"... called with two output arguments, also returns the index of
the minimum value(s) ..."


Miquel


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