PYTHON

select closest number in array python

import numpy as np
def find_nearest(array, value):
    array = np.asarray(array)
    idx = (np.abs(array - value)).argmin()
    return array[idx]

array = np.random.random(10)
print(array)
# [ 0.21069679  0.61290182  0.63425412  0.84635244  0.91599191  0.00213826
#   0.17104965  0.56874386  0.57319379  0.28719469]

value = 0.5

print(find_nearest(array, value))
# 0.568743859261

python find closest value in list

def closest(lst, K):
      
    return lst[min(range(len(lst)), key = lambda i: abs(lst[i]-K))]
      
# Driver code
lst = [3.64, 5.2, 9.42, 9.35, 8.5, 8]
K = 9.1
print(closest(lst, K))