const closestNumber = (arr, number) => arr.reduce((acc, current) => (Math.abs(current - number) < Math.abs(acc - number) ? current : acc) );
Returns the numerical item closest to the given number.
The repository & npm package
You can find the all the utility functions from this series at github.com/martinkr/onelinecode
The library is also published to npm as @onelinecode for your convenience.
The code and the npm package will be updated every time I publish a new article.
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Discussion (3)
I'm liking this series, but your code samples need some syntax highlighting. Add "javascript" after the opening backticks
Thank you for you suggestion.
I'm wondering how I could forget about this!? I'll update the articles.
The code feels awfully inefficient on a first read