Re: Maximum in a list
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- Subject: [mg97246] Re: Maximum in a list
- From: Albert Retey <awnl at gmx-topmail.de>
- Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 01:04:38 -0500 (EST)
- References: <gp07ul$l0o$1@smc.vnet.net>
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?
yes, and I'm sure I'm not the only one :-). Here is one possibility:
Extract[mylist, Ordering[mylist, 1, #1[[2]] >= #2[[2]] &]]
I hope if you look up the documentation for Ordering the rest should be
easy enough to understand...
hth,
albert