Dear Peter,
Perhaps:

set.seed(1)  # For reproducibility
p<-2           # Two biggest values of x
x<-rnorm(10)
tail(sort(x),p)
[1] 0.7383247 1.5952808

In a function mode,

foo<-function(x,p=2) tail(sort(x),p)
foo(x,p=3)
[1] 0.5757814 0.7383247 1.5952808

 HTH,

Jorge


On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Peterko <lanikpeter@gmail.com> wrote:

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> 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
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