[R] Remove top-K elements in Vector

Dimitris Rizopoulos
Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:24:38 -0000

try this:

x[-(1:3)]
# or
tail(x, -3)


Best,
Dimitris


Gundala Viswanath wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Suppose I hve this vector:
>
>> x
>  [1]  3  4  7 17 22 12 15 12  3  3  1  1
>
> How can I remove the top-3 element.
> Yielding only:
> [1]  17 22 12 15 12  3  3  1  1
>
> - Gundala Viswanath
> Jakarta - Indonesia
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