Javascript / jQuery - map a range of numbers to another range of numbers

Question

In other programming languages such as processing, there is a function which allows you to convert a number that falls within a range of numbers into a number within a diffe

Answer 1

Let's say you have 6 variables :

• minRange (0 in your example)
• maxRange (15 in your example)
• x
• y
• browserWidth
• browserHeight

To have the range :

interval = maxRange - minRange;
rangeX = interval * x / browserWidth + minRange
rangeY = interval * y / browserHeight + minRange