Hi > > Hi, > > Is there a way to check which value in a vector is nearest to a given value? > > so for example I have vector x: > > x <- c(1, 6, 12, 28, 33) > > and I would like to get the position of the element of x that is nearest to 14 > (in this case the third element).
Easy. Smallest difference between value and target. which.min(abs(x-14)) [1] 3 which.min((x-14)^2) [1] 3 Regards Petr > > > thanks! > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
