We characterize the best coapproximation(s) to a given matrix $ T $ out of a given subspace $ \mathbb{ Y} $ of the space of diagonal matrices $ \mathcal{ D}_n $, by using Birkhoff-James orthogonality techniques and with the help of a newly introduced property, christened the $ * $-Property. We also characterize the coproximinal subspaces and the co-Chebyshev subspaces of $ \mathcal{ D}_n $ in terms of the $ * $-Property. We observe that a complete characterization of the best coapproximation problem in $ \ell_{ \infty}^n $ follows directly as a particular case of our approach.
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