Select highest Age where Age is closest to a number

Question

Think I have been looking at my code too much. But my problems is that I have a unordered list and I need to select the object with the highest number closes to or equals an input. I have created this little sample to illustrate what I trying to do. ``` public class Person { public string Name { get; set; } public int Age { get; set; } } var persons = new List<Person> { new Person {Age = 10, Name = "Aaron"}, new Person {Age = 15, Name = "Alice"}, new Person {Age = 20, Name = "John"}, new Person {Age = 22, Name = "Bob"}, new Person {Age = 24, Name = "Malcom"} }; int i = 17; //should return 'Alice 15' int y = 22; //should return 'Bob 22 ```

Accepted Answer

```
var person = persons.Where(p => p.Age <= input).OrderByDecending(p => p.Age).First();
```

This first excludes the ones that are greater than `input` (your `i` or `y`). Then starts to sort them, then it just takes the first result.

Select highest Age where Age is closest to a number

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