Closest is being the nearest to a number, object, quantity etc.
Given a number of objects, the closest 2 objects would be those that the distance between them is the shortest.
Questions tagged [closest]
561 questions
4
votes
1 answer
jquery find the closest element
Is there a jQuery function that combines the upward-looking closest() or parents() and the downward looking children() function?
For example:
…
d-_-b
- 21,536
- 40
- 150
- 256
4
votes
2 answers
How select a closest element (must not be a parent of this) using jQuery?
Assume an html document:
aaa
bbb
...
...
…
static
- 8,126
- 15
- 63
- 89
4
votes
1 answer
Use jquery closest() to find closest element with a known sibling
I am trying to use the jquery closest command to find a particular element based on if the element has a particular sibling. I have been playing with different selectors but haven't been able to find one yet that does what I want.
So for example, if…
bbeaudet
- 43
- 2
4
votes
2 answers
Remove closest empty siblings
Let's say I have the following markup:
not empty
not empty
// more content inside
<-- whitespace, also removed
not empty
How do I remove the emptytags…
qwerty
- 5,166
- 17
- 56
- 77
4
votes
2 answers
Jquery selecting closest checkbox inbox not working
I have a treelist containing multiple levels of checkboxes and I am trying to get the parent checkbox to show as 'checked' when any of children checkboxes are clicked. For some reason this is not working and it's killing me.
JAVASCRIPT
$(function()…
silvster27
- 1,916
- 6
- 30
- 44
3
votes
2 answers
find closest class
I want to find a closest class of the given object. My markup looks like this:
Leon van der Veen
- 1,652
- 11
- 42
- 60
3
votes
2 answers
Finding the closest number in a Binary Tree to a given target
I have a very simple Binary Tree
class TreeNode(object):
def __init__(self, x):
self.val = x
self.left = None
self.right = None
root = TreeNode(8)
root.left = TreeNode(5)
root.right = TreeNode(14)
root.left.left =…
lukasz21
- 59
- 5
3
votes
2 answers
Closest element to a value (Elementwise, numpy array)
I used to use min([a, b], key=lambda x:abs(x-x0)) to find which of a and b are the closest to x0.
a = 1
b = 2
x0 = 1.49
print(min([a, b], key=lambda x:abs(x-x0)))
# >>> 1
Now, a and b are numpy arrays with an arbitrary number of dimensions. I would…
Liris
- 1,399
- 3
- 11
- 29
3
votes
2 answers
Find closest index of array using javascript
I have the following function:
(function(){
function closest (num, arr) {
var curr = arr[0];
var diff = Math.abs (num - curr);
for (var val = 0; val < arr.length; val++) {
var newdiff = Math.abs (num -…
bakhshi
- 33
- 1
- 4
3
votes
2 answers
Detect if method closest () is supported
I would like to find out if the method closest () is supported and if necessary (IE 11) use an alternative in the following form:
ancestor = ('closest' in document.documentElement) ? element.closest (selector) : element.parentElement;
The consoles…
Janek
- 53
- 5
3
votes
2 answers
find the value pair in 2 sorted arrays (1 value from each array) where the sum is closest to a target value
The original question has a list of unsorted list of 2 integers. To simplify this problem let's just consider the input is 2 sorted arrays of integers and an integer target. Value pair can repeat if there are more than 1 solution pair.
For example:…
Shawn
- 43
- 4
3
votes
2 answers
MySQL: Replace a column's values with values in a new table that are closest
I have two tables like so:
Table1 (ID, Kilometers, Depth)
Table2 (ID, Kilometers, Depth)
Sample Data:
Table 1
1, 0.001, 10
2, 0.002, 11
3, 0.003, 11
Table 2
1, 0.001, 10
2, 0.003, 12
3, 0.004, 15
I need to replace the depth in table 1 with the…
Simon
- 9,197
- 13
- 72
- 115
3
votes
3 answers
Find n closest non-NA values to position t in vector
This is probably a simple question for those experienced in R, but it is something that I (a novice) am struggling with...
I have two examples of vectors that are common to the problem I am trying to solve, A and B:
A <-…
thatWaterGuy
- 315
- 3
- 12
3
votes
3 answers
php Closest minor number in array
I have an array, for example (it can be anything, but it's already ordered):
array(1,7, 12, 18, 25);
I need to find what number is the closest to that array.
Taking the above array:
$needle = 11;
The number in array i want to retrieve is 7.
The…
user538927
- 33
- 3
3
votes
2 answers
Mapping dict keys to column of pandas dataframe if they're close
I'm working with probabilities that correspond to certain categories and I would like to map them to the categories of interest in a new column of a pandas DataFrame.
I would normally use pandas.Series.map for such a task but the probabilities…
p-robot
- 4,652
- 2
- 29
- 38