title: Numpy equivalent of Matlab's findpeaks function?
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1713335/peak-finding-algorithm-for-python-scipy">Peak-finding algorithm for Python/SciPy</a>  </p>
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  <p>I'm looking to find local maxima in a vector of floating-point numbers, as is done by Matlab's findpeaks function.</p>
  
  <p>Does numpy have a similar function?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>