For the position use order indeed of sort On 31/03/2008, Henrique Dallazuanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that you can use: > > x <- sample(1:20, 10) > head(sort(x), 5) #First 5 minimum values > head(sort(x, decreasing = TRUE), 5) #First 5 maximum values > > > On 31/03/2008, Yemi Oyeyemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I have a problem of getting the locations of elements in a vector or > matrix. I know one can use the command "which.min" or which.max" to get the > location of minimum or maximum values in a vector. But is there any command > to get the first k minimum values or maximum values in a vector. > > Thanks > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster > Total Access, No Cost. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > [email protected] mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > > > -- > Henrique Dallazuanna > Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil > 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O >
-- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

