extracting rows with the highest value

I want to extract a row that has the highest value in one of the columns for example:

1 3

4 6

2 5

8 1

I would want to extract the row of 8 1

Answer 1

[Torsten]

A = [1 3
     4 6
     2 5
     8 1];
[~,imax] = max(A(:));
[irow,~] = ind2sub(size(A),imax(1))

irow = 4

A(irow,:)

ans = 1×2

8 1

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

Pretty much the same as https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1803020-finding-the-corresponding-number-in-a-matrix#answer_1051320