how to select the top 5 five values in a matrix

If A=rand(5,15) whch generates 5 rows with 15 columns

Could anyone help me how to select the highest 5 values in A.

Answer 1

[madhan ravi]

maxk(A(:),5) % gives the max 5 values of entire matrix
%or 
max(A,[],2) % gives max of each row (finally resulting with 5 values)

[jaah navi]

ok.

with respect to command max(A,[],2) it gives one maximum value for each row,could you please help me to find 5 maximum values for each row.

[madhan ravi]

Your question is answered here.