PositionLargest

PositionLargest[list] gives the positions of the numerically largest value in list.

• PositionLargest[list, n] gives the positions of the first n largest values.
• PositionLargest[list, n, orderfun] gives the positions of the n largest values in list as determined by orderfun.

Examples

Find the position of the largest element:

PositionLargest[{3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6}]

Find positions of the 3 largest elements:

PositionLargest[{3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6}, 3]

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