function levelNumbers = q(vect,bits)

%...'levelNumbers' is a vector indicating the quantized values of the input
%...'scaling' contains 2 values, the lowest quant. value and delta     

[M,N] = size(vect);
if (M>1)
     vect = vect';
end
base  =-1;
high  = 1;
range = 2;

delta = range/2^(bits);
levels = 2^bits;

%quantValues = [base : delta : (high-delta/2)]' + delta/2;
quantValues = [base : delta : (high-delta/2)]';


inputArray = repmat(vect       , length(quantValues), 1           );
quantArray = repmat(quantValues, 1                  , length(vect));

quantDiff = abs(inputArray-quantArray);
[Y,I] = min(quantDiff);

quantResults=quantArray(I);
for i=1:length(quantResults)
     levelNumbers(i) = find(quantResults(i)==quantValues);
end