Find all local Maxima and Minima when x and y values are given as numpy arrays

Question

I have two arrays x and y as :

x = np.array([6, 3, 5, 2, 1, 4, 9, 7, 8])
y = np.array([2, 1, 3, 5, 3, 9, 8, 10, 7])

Answer 1

x=np.array([6,3,5,2,1,4,9,7,8])
y=np.array([2,1,3,5,7,9,8,10,7])

sort_idx = np.argsort(x)
y=y[sort_idx]
x=x[sort_idx]
minm=np.array([],dtype=int)
maxm=np.array([],dtype=int)
length = y.size
i=0

while i < length-1:
    if i < length - 1:
        while i < length-1 and y[i+1] >= y[i]:
            i+=1

        if i != 0 and i < length-1:
            maxm = np.append(maxm,i)

        i+=1

    if i < length - 1:
        while i < length-1 and y[i+1] <= y[i]:
            i+=1

        if i < length-1:
            minm = np.append(minm,i)
        i+=1


print minm
print maxm

minm and maxm contain indices of minima and maxima, respectively.