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NearestFunction
NearestFunction
[
data
]
represents a function whose values give the elements closest to an element that is supplied.
MORE INFORMATION
NearestFunction
works like
Function
.
NearestFunction
is generated by
Nearest
[
data
]
.
NearestFunction[
...
][
x
]
gives the element closest to a particular element
x
.
NearestFunction[
...
][
x, n
]
gives the
n
nearest elements.
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Generate a
NearestFunction
:
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Apply to a single element:
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Apply to several elements:
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Scope
(1)
SEE ALSO
Nearest
InterpolatingFunction
FindClusters
TUTORIALS
Partitioning Data into Clusters
Using Nearest
MORE ABOUT
Computational Geometry
Exploratory Data Analysis
New in 6.0: Mathematics & Algorithms
New in 6.0: Numerical Data Handling
New in 6.0: Statistics
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