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Determine the position of the smallest positive number in a list

Greg
Posted 11 years ago
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Posted 11 years ago 
Last[Last[Position[list, Min[Select[list, NonNegative]]]]]

for just the value- thanks
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Position[list, Min[Select[list, NonNegative]]]
POSTED BY: Ilian Gachevski
Greg
Greg
Posted 11 years ago

Nevermind, solved it.

a = Range[-5, 5, 1] /. x_ /; x < 0.0 -> 999999999
b = Min[a]
position = Last[Last /@ Position[a, _?(# == b &)]]
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