% In the array or vector A find the element closest to the value b 
% Returns the element as well as the row and column indices
% Syntax [value,pos] = findnear(A,b)

function [value,pos] = FindNear(A,b)

dist = abs(A-b);
[pos(1),pos(2)] = find(dist == repmat(min(dist(:)),size(dist)));% The minimum of the distance vector
value = A(pos(1),pos(2));