code: public int getLocation(Object value) {
      int		result;
      int		i;
      String	valueStr;
  
      result = 0;
  
      valueStr = value.toString();
      for (i = 0; i < width(); i++) {
        if ((getValue(i)).equals(valueStr)) {
  	result = ((int) m_Min) + i;
  	break;
        }
      }
  
      return result;
    }
docs: returns the closest index for the given value in the dimension.
  
  @param value	the value to get the index for
  @return		the closest index in the dimension