Closest value(s) from a list

Returns the closest value from a list for each target value

Description

Returns the closest value from a list

 Syntax

  c = closest(a,b); returns the closest c value in a for each value in b
 [c,i] = closest(a,b); returns the index i of the closest value in a for each value in b
 [c,i,d] = closest(a,b); returns the difference d of the closest value in a for each value in b

 Example

 [cvalue, cindex cdiff] = closest([-8 2 5.5 12 45 20 100],[-15 2.3 10 50])
 
 cvalue =
 
     -8 2 12 45
 
 
 cindex =
 
      1 2 4 5
 
 
 cdiff =
 
     7.0000 0.3000 2.0000 5.0000

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.10 (2010a)