LINQ to find the closest number that is greater / less than an input

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Suppose I have this number list:

List<int> = new List<int>(){3,5,8,11,12,13,14,21}

Suppose that I want to get the closest number that is less than 11, it would be 8 Suppose that I want to get the closest number that is greater than 13 that would be 14.

The numbers in list can't be duplicated and are always ordered. How can I write Linq for this?

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8 Answers
var list = new List<int> {14,2,13,11,5,8,21,12,3};
var tested = 11;

var closestGreater = list.OrderBy(n => n)
                         .FirstOrDefault(n => tested < n); // = 12

var closestLess = list.OrderByDescending(n => n)
                      .FirstOrDefault(n => tested > n); // = 8

if (closestGreater == 0)
    System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(
        string.Format("No number greater then {0} exists in the list", tested));

if (closestLess == 0)
    System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(
        string.Format("No number smaler then {0} exists in the list", tested));
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Here is my way hope this helps somebody!

List<float> list = new List<float> { 4.0f, 5.0f, 6.0f, 10.0f, 4.5f,  4.0f, 5.0f, 6.0f, 10.0f, 4.5f, 4.0f, 5.0f, 6.0f, 10.0f };
float num = 4.7f;

float closestAbove = list.Aggregate((x , y) => (x < num ? y : y < num ? x : (Math.Abs(x - num)) < Math.Abs(y - num) ? x : y));
float closestBelow = list.Aggregate((x , y) => (x > num ? y : y > num ? x : (Math.Abs(x - num)) < Math.Abs(y - num) ? x : y));

Console.WriteLine(closestAbove);
Console.WriteLine(closestBelow);

This means you dont have to order the list

Credit: addapted from here: How to get the closest number from a List<int> with LINQ?

The Expanded Code

float closestAboveExplained = list.Aggregate((closestAbove , next) => {
    if(next < num){
        return closestAbove;
    }

    if(closestAbove < num){
        return next;
    }

    else{
        if(Math.Abs(closestAbove - num) < Math.Abs(next - num)){
            return closestAbove;
        }
    }
    return next;
});
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