MATLAB: Finding the maximum of values after and before a specific value

arraymaximum

hello, I have a doubt.Is it possible to find out the maximum values before and after the ith element in an array?

One approach:

a=randi([1 10],1,10);
ind=4;%4th element in a vector is chosen
a1=a(1:ind-1);
a2=a(ind+1,end);
max(a1)
max(a2)

A2 = sort(A(:));
out = A2(2);

other way:

A2 = unique(A(:));
out = A2(2);

or:

out = min(setdiff(A(:),min(A(:))));

etc.

 [argvalue, argmin] = min(x);
 [argvalue, argmax] = max(x);