baybe.utils.numerical.closest_element

baybe.utils.numerical.closest_element(array: _Buffer | _SupportsArray[dtype[Any]] | _NestedSequence[_SupportsArray[dtype[Any]]] | complex | bytes | str | _NestedSequence[complex | bytes | str], target: float)

Find the element of an array that is closest to a target value.

Parameters:

• array (Union[_Buffer, _SupportsArray[dtype[Any]], _NestedSequence[_SupportsArray[dtype[Any]]], complex, bytes, str, _NestedSequence[complex | bytes | str]]) – The array in which the closest value is to be found.

• target (float) – The target value.

Return type:

float

Returns:

The closest element.