local maxima positions in a vector with duplicated values

Stefano,

my contribution is similar to Bill Dunlap's:

  x <- c(1,0,0,0,2,2,3,4,0,1,1,0,5,5,5,0,1)
  (cumsum(rle(x)$lengths)-(rle(x)$length-1))[which(diff(diff(rle(x)$values)>=0)<0)+1]
  cumsum(rle(x)$lengths)[which(diff(diff(rle(x)$value)>0)>0)+1]

kind of a cute little problem, actually.

cheers, Greg