[R] bigest part of vector

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On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:36:06 -0800 (PST) (SO, 55 Chs 3175 YOLD)
Peterko <lanikpeter at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi, may be simle question, but a do not find it anywhere.
> Is there same function like max()  ,but giving more results.
> max() give 1number-maximum
> I need funcion what give p bigest number.
> many thanks

How about sorting first?

sort(vector,decreasing=TRUE)[1:p]

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Marius Glauser

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