From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2011-05-15T06:30:33+09:00
Subject: Re: search nearest to elements in array (hash)

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 2:35 AM, Mateus .. <excanoe@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm interesting, what is the best way to find nearest element in array
> in comparison with "needle"?

Depends - if there's a comparison function, and your array is sorted
on it, then just do a binary search. If not, there's nothing better
than a linear search, calculating the distance between each element
and the needle.

martin