Find the first position of maximum value in a Matrix

Hello everyone,

Suppose there can be the max value at more than one location, how can I catch the first max value.

A = [6;7;21;4;9;21;5;1];
max(A(:))
[maxValue, linearIndexesOfMaxes] = max(A(:));
[rowsOfMaxes colsOfMaxes] = find(A == maxValue)

ans =

    21

rowsOfMaxes =

     3
     6

colsOfMaxes =

     1
     1

Then I want it to be:

ans =

    21

rowsOfMaxes =

     3

colsOfMaxes =

     1

Can anyone please help me?

[the cyclist]

I'm confused as to why you are referring to rows and columns, when the original input is a vector, not a matrix.

Answer 1

[José-Luis]

[maxValue, linearIndexesOfMaxes] = max(A(:));
[rowsOfMaxes colsOfMaxes] = find(A == maxValue,1,'first')

Please accept an answer if it helped you.

[Moe]

Thanks Jose. It was very helpful.

[suchismita]

if i want to find the 3rd max value as '9' and its position...what shall i do?????