great, thanks!
On 08.02.2012, at 14:00, Dimitris Rizopoulos wrote: > 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. >> > > -- > Dimitris Rizopoulos > Assistant Professor > Department of Biostatistics > Erasmus University Medical Center > > Address: PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands > Tel: +31/(0)10/7043478 > Fax: +31/(0)10/7043014 > Web: http://www.erasmusmc.nl/biostatistiek/ ______________________________________________ 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.
