minpos

Description

Find the position of the minimum value in an array. Updated Davinci Version 1.71.

Arguments and Return Values

Arguments: A numeric array

Return Value: A 3x1x1 INT array containing the [x,y,z] position of the minimum value

Usage

Syntax: minpos(data=VAL[, iter=INT][, ignore=VAL][, gt=VAL][, showval=INT])

'data' - Any numeric array

'iter' - Number of lowest values desired

'ignore' - The value to ignore while searching for maximum value.

'gt' - Search for a minimum value about this 'greater than' value.

'showval' - Optional flag to return a 4xNx1 FLOAT array containing the value of the element.

Examples

dv> a
345x500x10 array of float, bsq format [6,900,000 bytes]

dv> minpos(a)
3x1x1 array of int, bsq format [12 bytes]
1       1       1

dv> minpos(a,gt=2)
3x1x1 array of int, bsq format [12 bytes]
3       1       1

dv> minpos(a,iter=2)
3x2x1 array of int, bsq format [24 bytes]
1       1       1
1       2       2