Count animation from number A to B

Question

I am updating a numeric value inside an element by doing intervalled ajax requests.

To make the whole thing a bit more alive,

Answer 1

You can just code it yourself pretty simply:

function animateValue(id, start, end, duration) {
    if (start === end) return;
    var range = end - start;
    var current = start;
    var increment = end > start? 1 : -1;
    var stepTime = Math.abs(Math.floor(duration / range));
    var obj = document.getElementById(id);
    var timer = setInterval(function() {
        current += increment;
        obj.innerHTML = current;
        if (current == end) {
            clearInterval(timer);
        }
    }, stepTime);
}

animateValue("value", 100, 25, 5000);

#value {
    font-size: 50px;
}

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Here's is a more accurate version that self adjusts in case the timer intervals aren't perfectly accurate (which they sometimes aren't):

function animateValue(id, start, end, duration) {
    // assumes integer values for start and end
    
    var obj = document.getElementById(id);
    var range = end - start;
    // no timer shorter than 50ms (not really visible any way)
    var minTimer = 50;
    // calc step time to show all interediate values
    var stepTime = Math.abs(Math.floor(duration / range));
    
    // never go below minTimer
    stepTime = Math.max(stepTime, minTimer);
    
    // get current time and calculate desired end time
    var startTime = new Date().getTime();
    var endTime = startTime + duration;
    var timer;
  
    function run() {
        var now = new Date().getTime();
        var remaining = Math.max((endTime - now) / duration, 0);
        var value = Math.round(end - (remaining * range));
        obj.innerHTML = value;
        if (value == end) {
            clearInterval(timer);
        }
    }
    
    timer = setInterval(run, stepTime);
    run();
}

animateValue("value", 100, 25, 5000);

#value {
    font-size: 50px;
}

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