how to plot first five numbers of data

my workspace

named=names(:,1)

covvid=covid_cases(:,end)

 [a,ind]=sort(covvid,'descend');
 allindexes=length(a):1
 bar(a)

 
 set(gca, 'xticklabels', named(ind,:));

i want to plot only first 5 data values how i canmodify this so that it plot only first 5 data

Answer 1

[Jan]

bar(a(1:5))

[Muhammad]

in x axes how i can plot fist five number of data ,remember that at x axes the data is string ,

[Jan]

Maybe you mean this:

[a, ind] = sort(covid_cases(:, end), 'descend');
bar(a(1:5))
set(gca, 'xticklabels', named(ind(1:5), 1));