First 5 minimum elements of a vector

I found the minimum element of vector by
[m index]=min(vector);
How to find first five minimum elements of a vector and its index??

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There is no minimum command in Matlab.
thanks, I wrongly typed for min...

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vector=rand(10,1)
[x,idx]=sort(vector)
out_x=x(1:5) % 5 first values
out_idx=idx(1:5) % corresponding indices

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that was really helpful
after 5 yrs of matlab programming today I was thinking about it and I really got confused to find the proper way to do that .

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