MATLAB: Finding closest values in array

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Hello, want to locate a value from an pH array when closest to 4.756 and then locate the corresponding Vb value associated with that pH value. Any help would be appreciated. See last 2 lines.
    format short
          Kw = 1e-14;
          Ka = 1.755388e-5;
          pKa = 4.756;
          %
          Ca = 0.5;
          Cb = 0.1;
          Va = 100;
          Vb = 0.05:0.05:2000;
          Ma = (Ca * Va) / 1000;
          Mb = (Cb .* Vb) ./ 1000;
          for i = 1:length(Mb)
            M_excess = Ma - Mb(i);
            if abs(M_excess)<eps
                Hplus = Ka * ((Ma_final * 0.999999) ./ Mb_final);
                Vb_ev = Vb(i); 
                pH_ev = pH(end); 
            elseif M_excess > 0
                Ma_final = (M_excess * 1000) ./ (Va + Vb(i));
                Mb_final = (Mb(i) * 1000) ./ (Va + Vb(i));
                Hplus = Ka * (Ma_final ./ Mb_final);
            elseif M_excess < 0
                OH = (M_excess * 1000 * (-1)) ./ (Va + Vb(i));
                Hplus = Kw ./ OH;
            end
            pH(i) = -log10(Hplus);
          end
          % 
        pH_Mid_Pt2 = find pH value when closest to 4.756;
  Vb_Mid_Pt2 = find corresponding Vb value at pH_Mid_Pt2;

Best Answer

If I understand correctly, you want to find the pH value in your array closest to 4.756, and pull this value out, together with the corresponding Vb value. If that's right, this should do the trick.
[~, idx] = min(abs(pH - 4.756));
pH_Mid_Pt2 = pH(idx);
Vb_Mid_Pt2 = Vb(idx);
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