First 5 minimum elements of a vector

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I found the minimum element of vector by
[m index]=min(vector);
How to find first five minimum elements of a vector and its index??
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Jan
Jan on 7 Feb 2013
There is no minimum command in Matlab.
Bless
Bless on 7 Feb 2013
thanks, I wrongly typed for min...

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Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 7 Feb 2013
Edited: Azzi Abdelmalek on 7 Feb 2013
vector=rand(10,1)
[x,idx]=sort(vector)
out_x=x(1:5) % 5 first values
out_idx=idx(1:5) % corresponding indices
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Amir Hosein Fardi
Amir Hosein Fardi on 23 Nov 2021
that was really helpful
after 5 yrs of matlab programming today I was thinking about it and I really got confused to find the proper way to do that .

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