Finding indexes of maximum values of an array

Question

How do I find the index of the 2 maximum values of a 1D array in MATLAB? Mine is an array with a list of different scores, and I want to print the 2 highest scores.

Answer 1

You can use sort, as @LuisMendo suggested:

[B,I] = sort(array,'descend');

This gives you the sorted version of your array in the variable B and the indexes of the original position in I sorted from highest to lowest. Thus, B(1:2) gives you the highest two values and I(1:2) gives you their indices in your array.