Lowest k values of list

Do you mean a vector? If so, head/tail will work for you:

x <- runif(10)
x

[1] 0.26550866 0.37212390 0.57285336 0.90820779 0.20168193 0.89838968
0.94467527
 [8] 0.66079779 0.62911404 0.06178627

# lowest 5
head(sort(x), 5)

[1] 0.06178627 0.20168193 0.26550866 0.37212390 0.57285336

# highest 5
tail(sort(x), 5)

[1] 0.6291140 0.6607978 0.8983897 0.9082078 0.9446753

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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