[R] Lowest k values of list

[Greg Snow]

In addition to the other responses, you may want to look at the 'partial' argument to sort.  For large vectors it may speed things up to not sort everything if all you care about is the top and bottom few.

Try:

> tmp <- rnorm(100)
> plot( sort(tmp, partial=c(1,2,99,100) ) )

Hope this helps,

--
Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
greg.snow at imail.org
(801) 408-8111



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> [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Markus Mühlbacher
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> Subject: [R] Lowest k values of list
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> 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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