Hi, all the question is as follows > v [1] 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 6 > sv<-sort(table(v)) > sv v 1 6 2 3 4 5 1 1 2 2 2 2 what is the easy and quick way to extract the numerical vector (1,6,2,3,4,5) from sv? thank you in advance for any suggestion. regards y.w