[Jprogramming] index of maximum value

[Randy MacDonald]

Hello Don;

Neat solution, which probably scans the array (log N) times, being a 
sort and all.

Don Guinn wrote:
> How about
> {.\: ?. 30$100
> 9
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 9:00 AM, June Kim <juneaftn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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>> I can get the index of the maximum value easily, first getting the
>> maximum and then getting the index:
>>
>>   I.@(=>./) ?. 30$100
>> 9
>>
>> Suppose, there is one presence of maximum value in the data.
>>
>> However, the solution isn't satisfactory to me. Is there a simple
>> single step way of finding the index of the max? That is, the way
>> where you don't need to scan the data twice(once for max, another for
>> index).
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