if I have a vector of 20 elements, how can I extract the 5 minimum elements in that vector

V=[23,56,12,90,45,21,56,10,70,100,15,...] a=[10,12,15,21,23]

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

sort() and take the first 5 elements of the output.

Answer 2

[Steven Lord]

If you're using release R2017b or later, use the mink function.