MATLAB: How to find the second most repeated value in vector

repeated value in vector

how to find the second most repeated value in vector x=[1 2 2 3 5 5 5] i use (mode ) to find the most repeated and frequency [m,f]=mode(x) m=5 the number repeated f=3 the freq.
now,i want to find the second repeated, can help me please

Best Answer

>> [n,bin] = hist(x,unique(x));
>> [~,idx] = sort(-n);
>> n(idx) % count instances
ans =
3 2 1 1
>> bin(idx) % corresponding values
ans =
5 2 1 3
>>