Hi This *must* be an insanely easy thing to work out, but I'm not too familiar with R syntax. So how do I work out the row number (if I pass a column) of the minimum value?? I can get the value itself from min(), but where can I get the row?? Many thanks mike -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Row-number-of-minimum-value--tp23578215p23578215.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
MikSmith wrote:> > This *must* be an insanely easy thing to work out, but I'm not too > familiar with R syntax. So how do I work out the row number (if I pass a > column) of the minimum value?? I can get the value itself from min(), but > where can I get the row?? >?which ?which.min Ben Bolker -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Row-number-of-minimum-value--tp23578215p23579979.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Hi Mike, On Sunday 17 May 2009, MikSmith wrote:> Hi > > This *must* be an insanely easy thing to work out, but I'm not too familiar > with R syntax. So how do I work out the row number (if I pass a column) of > the minimum value?? I can get the value itself from min(), but where can I > get the row??Maybe this helps: which(mycol == min(mycol)) where "mycol" is your column. Hth, Adrian -- Adrian Dusa Romanian Social Data Archive 1, Schitu Magureanu Bd. 050025 Bucharest sector 5 Romania Tel.:+40 21 3126618 \ +40 21 3120210 / int.101 Fax: +40 21 3158391