finding the max of the first x rows in a column vector

i have a column vector with 100 rows. how can i find the maximum value of the first 50 rows?

[Stephen23]

You asked almost the same question in December:

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/168159-selecting-the-last-60-rows-in-a-matrix-with-an-uncertain-number-of-rows

Has MATLAB changed since then? Perhaps reading the documentation could help you in the future:

http://www.mathworks.com/company/newsletters/articles/matrix-indexing-in-matlab.html

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

max(a(1:50))