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Find the index of the maximum item of an array

JavaScript

const indexOfMax = (arr) => arr.reduce((prev, curr, i, a) => (curr > a[prev] ? i : prev), 0)

TypeScript

const indexOfMax = (arr: number[]): number => arr.reduce((prev, curr, i, a) => (curr > a[prev] ? i : prev), 0)

Examples

indexOfMax([1, 3, 9, 7, 5]) // 2
indexOfMax([1, 3, 7, 7, 5]) // 2