Is there a simple findnearest() function somewhere in Julia-land? A = [1, 5, 12, 23]; findnearest(A, 14) # -> 3 findnearest(A, 18) # -> 4

Like @cormullion , I’ve had need for such a function many times, and here is my personal solution for it. Unlike @Dan ’s version, this doesn’t care about ties and returns just a single index. Also, as it works on sorted arrays, the function name should be searchsortednearest to be consistent with Juli…

Findnearest function?

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isakhammer June 4, 2022, 3:58pm 21

Works like a charm!

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Findnearest function?

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