MATLAB: Finding minimum values in a matrix of array nx1

finding min values

how to find five to ten minimum values in a matrix of array nx1 i,e. 1st min , 2nd min and so on..

Use sort function

a=sort(A)
out=a(1:10)

[v_max,jj] = max(max(a,[],2));
out_min = min(a(jj,:));

[ii,~] = find(max(a(:))==a);
out = min(a(ii,:));

Let x be the given n by 1 vector.

[y,p] = sort(x);
d = diff(y)~=0;
b = [d;true] & [true;d];
b(p) = b;

Then b will be your "ideal" desired result.