% Generate random matrix
N = 34;
M = 23;
A = rand(N,M);
% Sort from highest to lowest
values = sort(abs(A(:)), 'descend')
values = 782×1
0.9998
0.9985
0.9980
0.9971
0.9965
0.9962
0.9950
0.9924
0.9914
0.9913
% top 6
values(1:6)
ans = 6×1
0.9998
0.9985
0.9980
0.9971
0.9965
0.9962
values(6)
ans = 0.9962
B = (A>=values(6)).*A
B = 34×23
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0.9980 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9985 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
imshow(B)
