[R] Easy way?

[Uwe Ligges]

> Yves Gauvreau wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Say I have this vector x <- sort(rnorm(n)). I'd like to know if there
> is a nice way to find out the index of the nearest x to say 1.5?

I would try:
 which(abs(x - 1.5) == min(abs(x - 1.5)))


Uwe Ligges
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