how to find the nearest value (if a value is already provided) from a given array?

I want to find the nearest value of x in the array m

x=0.61;
m=linspace(0,1,9);

meshs = 1×9

0 0.1250 0.2500 0.3750 0.5000 0.6250 0.7500 0.8750 1.0000

We know the nearest value is 0.6250, but i would like a code to do this for me, for any value of x.

Answer 1

[Yongjian Feng]

Try this:

x=0.61;
m=linspace(0,1,9);
[a, b] = min(abs(m-x));
m(b)

Answer 2

[David Hill]

[~,idx]=min(abs(m-x));
M=m(idx);