minind

Returns the index of the first occurrence of a minimum value.

Prototype

	function minind (
		arg [*] : numeric   
	)

	return_val [1] :  integer

Arguments

A one-dimensional numeric array.

Description

This function scans an array for the minimum value and returns the index of the first occurrence of it. Missing values are ignored. Remember that in NCL, indexing starts at 0, not 1.

See Also

maxind, min, max

Examples

Example 1

   x = (/3.,2.,5.,1.,5.,2.,5.,1.,3.,2./)
   i = minind(x)                           ; Should be 3.