kth-smallest ( seq k -- elt )
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Vocabulary
math.statistics

Inputs

seq	a sequence
k	an integer

Outputs

elt

an object

Word description
Returns the kth smallest element. This is semantically equivalent to swap natural-sort nth, and is therefore zero-indexed. k may not be larger than the highest index of sequence.

Examples

USING: math.statistics prettyprint ; { 3 1 2 } 1 kth-smallest .
2

Definition

USING: math math.statistics.private ;

IN: math.statistics

: kth-smallest ( seq k -- elt ) [ < ] kth-object-unsafe ;