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john
john

Reputation: 9

How find the nearest solution from a list

I would like know how I can find the nearest solution.

For example, I have a list like it :


list=[1,2,3,4,5,6,7]

And ofc my list is really big , and I want find the nearest solution.

If I say at my algorithm, " find me the number 8" But I have no number 8, so he will return me 7 because 7 is the nearest from 8.

Thanks for reading me !

Upvotes: 2

Views: 57

Answers (2)

Tomer Shinar
Tomer Shinar

Reputation: 415

min(list, key= lambda x: abs(solution - x))

this code returns the object in his list that his abs distance from the solution is the smallest.

Upvotes: 2

AmirHmZ
AmirHmZ

Reputation: 556

Try this :

my_list=[1,2,3,4,5,6,7]

target = 8
dist = [abs(i - target) for i in my_list]
min_index = dist.index(min(dist))
print(my_list[min_index])

Upvotes: 1

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