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A problem with functions Flatten; Position; Nearest

Alexey Podchufarov, own
Posted 11 years ago

Hi all!
I'm trying to find nearest to "a" elements of arrays "m5","m6" and take its indexes (in this arrays) for some computations (not connected with this problem).
After some attempts, i find a solution:

Print[ " PosNear5= ", Flatten[Position[m5, Flatten[Nearest[m5, a]][[1]]], 3], " PosNear6= ", Flatten[Position[m6, Flatten[Nearest[m6, a]][[1]]]][[1]]] ]

the result is:

PosNear5= {121} PosNear6= 108

The second index is ok, but there is the question: Maybe, exist a more simple construction (in my variant - too many functions & brackets). (I want to see index without any figure brackets - for next step computations)...
POSTED BY: Alexey Podchufarov
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Try something like this (using Daniel's suggestion):

nearestIndex[list_, a_] :=
  Nearest[list -> Range[Length[list]], a][[1]];

{pos5 -> nearestIndex[m5, a],
 pos6 -> nearestIndex[m6, a]}
POSTED BY: Antonio Marquez-Raygoza

To get the position(s) you can use Nearest[values->Range[Length[values], a]. That should allow you to avoid Position. No idea why Flatten is needed without seeing your actual example.
POSTED BY: Daniel Lichtblau
Bill Simpson
Bill Simpson
Posted 11 years ago

If you could edit your posting to include a small example with all the data, what the solution should be and why then it might be more likely that you would get good answers more quickly.
POSTED BY: Bill Simpson
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