doBy (version 4.5-6)

which.maxn: Where are the n largest or n smallest elements in a numeric vector ?

Description

Determines the locations, i.e., indices of the n largest or n smallest elements of a numeric vector.

Usage

which.maxn(x, n = 1)
which.minn(x, n = 1)

Arguments

x

numeric vector

n

integer >= 1

Value

• A vector of length at most n with the indices of the n largest / smaller elements. NAs are discared and that can cause the vector to be smaller than n.

See Also

which.max, which.min

Examples

x <- c(1:4,0:5,11,NA,NA)
ii <- which.minn(x,5)

x <- c(1,rep(NA,10),2)
ii <- which.minn(x,5)