nth_highest: N-th Highest Value Function

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Description

This function allows you to calculate the N-th highest number of a vector. In other words, it is the N-th max; it calculates the maximum after removing (n-1) higher numbers (maxes). Note that k=1 yields the traditional global maximum.

Usage

nth_highest(x, k = 1)

Arguments

x	Data vector.
k	The N-th highest value or N-th max. For example, k=2 yields the second highest value. Note that k=1 gives the highest value aka the global max. Defaults to 1.

Examples

data<-c(rnorm(15,0,1),rnorm(21,5,1))
nth_highest(data,2)

Example output

[1] 6.163454

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