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Re: nearest number [message #49605]

Mon, 07 August 2006 09:24

James Kuyper
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Registered: March 2000

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kuyper@wizard.net wrote:
> bressert@gmail.com wrote:
>> I thought about the problem more and realized a simple solution:
>>
>> smallest = min(abs(array - floating_value))
>> index = where((array - floating_value) eq smallest, count)
>
> Almost: that should be "abs(array-floating_value) eq smallest".
>
> I'd be inclined to pull out the common code, and write it as
>
> diff = abs(array-floating_value)
> index = where(array eq min(array))

Agh! That should, of course, have been

index = where(diff eq min(diff))

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		Re: nearest number By: James Kuyper on Mon, 07 August 2006 09:24
		Re: nearest number By: mchinand on Mon, 07 August 2006 08:09
		Re: nearest number By: btt on Mon, 07 August 2006 06:52
		Re: nearest number By: Benjamin Hornberger on Mon, 07 August 2006 06:18
		Re: nearest number By: Timm Weitkamp on Mon, 07 August 2006 06:13
		Re: nearest number By: James Kuyper on Sun, 06 August 2006 12:34
		Re: nearest number By: bressert@gmail.com on Sun, 06 August 2006 09:58

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