Name

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    INDEX_OF_NEAREST_KPB

Purpose

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    This function finds the index of the element of x whose value is
    nearest to x0. This is primarily useful for finding the index of
    a point in an ordered 1-dimensional array. For example, if x is
    an array of latitudes, this function will return the index of the
    element of the array that is closest to the latitude x0.
    If there are multiple elements in x that are the same distance from
    x0, this function returns the first one.

Category

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    Array utility.

Calling Sequence

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    i = INDEX_OF_NEAREST_KPB(x, x0)

Input

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    x : array of values to search.
    x0 : value to search for.

Keywords

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    None.

Output

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    Index of element nearest to x0.

Modification History

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    Kenneth P. Bowman, 1999-04.
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-3150
http://idl.tamu.edu