using Pixel search around a given point

[ShikiPiki 0]

Given a 100x100 pixel square, is it possible to do a pixel search in the entire square EXCEPT for a 10x10 pixel square at the center without using 4 search areas.

I am currently doing the above pixel search by searching the top, left, right and bottom by using 

top = [0,0,0,100,50-10/2]. The bottom left and right are done similarly. The issue with this method however is that I also want it to find the pixel which is closest to the center.

What I can do is do the whole search by in iteration and do something like search 1 line above the center search 1 line below, search 1 line to the left search 1 line to the right. Starting at the 6th pixel from the center such that i ignore that 10x10... but that would be a mess.

TLDR; Is there an easy method to search an area like such that you still return the pixel which matches closest to the center?

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[JohnOne 1,589]

Search the whole area, if a result is found in center area, disregard it and continue from a point adjacent to it.

[DW1 100]

The >Advanced Pixel Search Library allows for exclusion rectangles to be added.