How about this: x <- c(1, 6, 12, 28, 33)
which.min(abs(x - 14)) I hope it helps. Best, Dimitris On 2/8/2012 1:56 PM, Martin Batholdy wrote:
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). 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.
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