From 45372039b96b15cdb9903f35558be99abbe94549 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dhaval Pandey <68287498+dhavalpandey@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 20:14:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Create SolutionByDhaval.py

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 .../SolutionByDhaval.py                       | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Divide and Conquer/Find Closest Number in Array/SolutionByDhaval.py

diff --git a/Divide and Conquer/Find Closest Number in Array/SolutionByDhaval.py b/Divide and Conquer/Find Closest Number in Array/SolutionByDhaval.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b4081252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Divide and Conquer/Find Closest Number in Array/SolutionByDhaval.py	
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+arr_in = input()[9:]
+arr_in = arr_in[:-1]
+
+arr_in = arr_in.replace(" ", "")
+arr = list(map(int, arr_in.split(",")))
+
+target_num = input().replace(" ", "")
+num = int(target_num.split("=")[1])
+
+smallest_diff = abs(arr[0]-num)
+closest_num = 0
+
+for index in arr:
+    diff = abs(index-num)
+    if diff < smallest_diff:
+        smallest_diff = diff
+        closest_num = index
+
+print(closest_num)