farthestPoint {pipeComp} | R Documentation

## farthestPoint

### Description

Identifies the point farthest from a line passing through by the first and last points. Used for automatization of the elbow method.

### Usage

    farthestPoint(y, x = NULL)

### Arguments

`y` | Monotonically inscreasing or decreasing values
`x` | Optional x coordinates corresponding to 'y' (defaults to seq)

### Value

The value of 'x' farthest from the diagonal.

### Examples

    y <- 2^(10:1)
    plot(y)
    x <- farthestPoint(y)
    points(x,y[x],pch=16)

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