creating an column vector of value which is obtained from 3rd position of multiple text files

I have 2500 text files in which data for eq is given. I have to obtain the 3rd highest value from each text file. For that i sort each dile in descending order. Now how will i create vector of 3rd highest element

[Philipp Heinrich]

can you provide some code of what you are doing ? This might help to come up with a solution.

Answer 1

[KSSV]

A = rand(5) ;
B = sort(A) ;
iwant = B(3,:)