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

Question

Suppose I have this number list:

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

Suppose that I want to get the closest number th

Answer 1

Here is my way hope this helps somebody!

List list = new List { 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 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;
});