30-seconds-of-code/snippets/js/s/closest.md

title, type, language, tags, author, cover, dateModified

title	type	language	tags	author	cover	dateModified
Closest numeric match	snippet	javascript	math	chalarangelo	sparkles	2022-03-30T05:00:00-04:00

Finds the closest number from an array.

• Use Array.prototype.reduce() to scan all elements of the array.
• Use Math.abs() to compare each element's distance from the target value, storing the closest match.

const closest = (arr, n) =>
  arr.reduce((acc, num) => (Math.abs(num - n) < Math.abs(acc - n) ? num : acc));

closest([6, 1, 3, 7, 9], 5); // 6