public class Ch2 { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(nearest_valid_point(new int[][]{{1, 2}, {3, 1}, {2, 4}, {2, 3}}, 3, 4)); System.out.println(nearest_valid_point(new int[][]{{3, 4}, {2, 3}, {1, 5}, {2, 5}}, 2, 5)); System.out.println(nearest_valid_point(new int[][]{{2, 2}, {3, 3}, {4, 4}}, 1, 1)); System.out.println(nearest_valid_point(new int[][]{{0, 1}, {1, 0}, {0, 2}, {2, 0}}, 0, 0)); System.out.println(nearest_valid_point(new int[][]{{5, 6}, {6, 5}, {5, 4}, {4, 5}}, 5, 5)); } private static int nearest_valid_point(int[][] arr, int x, int y) { int res = -1, min = Integer.MAX_VALUE; for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; ++i) { int a = arr[i][0], b = arr[i][1]; if (a == x || b == y) { int d = Math.abs(a - x) + Math.abs(b - y); if (d < min) { min = d; res = i; } } } return res; } }