nth maximum and nth smallest number in vector

Question

How to find nth maximum and nth smallest number in vector in r?

Answer 1

Hi,

You can use nth() function to find nth max or min element.

syntax nth(data,position)

Ex: nth(c(1:5),3) -> 3.

Or sort the elements in an ascending or descending order and then use sort() or order() to fetch the nth max/min element.