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

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title	tags	expertise	author	firstSeen
Closest numeric match	math,array	intermediate	chalarangelo	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