Find position of numbers in array

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saphir alexandre
saphir alexandre on 7 Feb 2022
Commented: DGM on 7 Feb 2022
Hi,
so i have an array W = [11, 56, 22, 45, 29]
then i use Z = mink(W,2) to find the 2 lowest numbers in W
how do i output the position of the numbers found in Z from the array W?
I tried find(Z) but i got the positions of the numbers in array Z, not their position in array W
For this exemple i used small numbers but the actual W has more then 200 numbers so typing a code for each would take forever

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DGM
DGM on 7 Feb 2022
Edited: DGM on 7 Feb 2022
You can specify a second output argument to get the linear index of the elements represented by Z:
W = [11, 56, 22, 45, 29]
W = 1×5
11 56 22 45 29
[Z idx] = mink(W,2)
Z = 1×2
11 22
idx = 1×2
1 3
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DGM
DGM on 7 Feb 2022
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