18 Jun
2007
18 Jun
'07
7:09 p.m.
hello there, i have a [list] of numbers and i'd like to search through it for the value closest to the search subject. so to say, if i have '22 31 47 86' in my list and i match it with '45' the answer would be '47' (closest in the list). this rather useful function (fuzzy integer search?) must have been written by someone already, it's just that i can't find it :) i wouldn't ask if i could patch it myself, but i know how it might work: all integers from the list are compared to the reference (subject) number, and the integer in subtraction closest to '0' would be the hit... you know what i mean?
any advice is very much appreciated!
p.s. apologies for my ignorance, i'm just starting here...
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