in reply to (boo) Re: Closest-value-in-list Golf!
in thread Closest-value-in-list Golf!

even shorter to not assign to @s at all, like my Update2
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Re: Re: (boo) Re: Closest-value-in-list Golf!
by larryk (Friar) on May 29, 2001 at 18:37 UTC
    sub g {$n=pop;$h{abs$_-$n}=$_ for@_;$h{(sort{$a<=>$b}keys%h)[0]}}

    57 if you take out the ( ) on the abs

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      oooooohh... ++
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