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Maximum in a list

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• Subject: [mg97209] Maximum in a list
• From: pacotomi at orange.fr (pacotomi)
• Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 05:50:59 -0500 (EST)

Hi,
 Suppose a list

mylist={{1,2},{3,4},{8,3}}

I would like to extract the element {i,j} of mylist for which j is max
(here, it is the second one {3,4}).

Somebody could help me, please?

Pacotomi



 

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