<s>[INST] find nearest value in numpy array is there a numpy-thonic way, e.g. function, to find the 'nearest value' in an array? 
example:
np.find_nearest( array, value )

 [/INST] import numpy as np
def find_nearest(array,value):
    idx = (np.abs(array-value)).argmin()
    return array[idx]

array = np.random.random(10)
print(array)
# [ 0.21069679  0.61290182  0.63425412  0.84635244  0.91599191  0.00213826
#   0.17104965  0.56874386  0.57319379  0.28719469]

value = 0.5

print(find_nearest(array, value))
# 0.568743859261

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