How do I get the closest values of an array stored for a particular input ?

Hello all,

I have an array A = [180 170 160 150 140 130] and b = 165... how do I determine the closest positions and values of b from A i.e. what function should I use to get the answer as 170 & 160.

Thank you for your help in advance.

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

A = [180 170 160 150 140 130] 
b=165
a1=min(A(A>b))
a2=max(A(A<b))

[Raahul Palanivel Uma]

it works well... thank you :)

Answer 2

[Thorsten]

[~, ind]= sort(abs(A-b));
A(ind(1:2))

[Raahul Palanivel Uma]

thank you...the function works perfectly :)

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

It doesn't work for this example

A = [180 170 162 161 150 140 130] 
b=165
[~, ind]= sort(abs(A-b));
A(ind(1:2))

The result is

162 161