[R] Lowest k values of list

[jim holtman]

Do you mean a vector? If so, head/tail will work for you:

> x <- runif(10)
> x
 [1] 0.26550866 0.37212390 0.57285336 0.90820779 0.20168193 0.89838968
0.94467527
 [8] 0.66079779 0.62911404 0.06178627
> # lowest 5
> head(sort(x), 5)
[1] 0.06178627 0.20168193 0.26550866 0.37212390 0.57285336
> # highest 5
> tail(sort(x), 5)
[1] 0.6291140 0.6607978 0.8983897 0.9082078 0.9446753
>


On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Markus Mühlbacher <muehliman at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi @ all,
>
> how do I get the largest or lowest k values of list? It must similar to the min() / max() function, but I just don't get it.
>
> Best wishes,
> Markus
>
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