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in reply to Normalizing a range of numbers to a percentage

Save runtime. Do the calculation once and then use a lookup:

#! perl -slw use strict; my $lookup = join '', map{ chr( $_ / 255 * 100 ) } 0 .. 255; print "$_ :: ", ord( substr $lookup, $_, 1 ) for 0 .. 255; __END__ C:\test>junk99 0 :: 0 1 :: 0 2 :: 0 3 :: 1 4 :: 1 5 :: 1 6 :: 2 7 :: 2 8 :: 3 9 :: 3 10 :: 3 11 :: 4 12 :: 4 13 :: 5 14 :: 5 15 :: 5 16 :: 6 17 :: 6 18 :: 7 19 :: 7 20 :: 7 21 :: 8 22 :: 8 23 :: 9 24 :: 9 25 :: 9 26 :: 10 27 :: 10 28 :: 10 29 :: 11 30 :: 11 31 :: 12 32 :: 12 33 :: 12 34 :: 13 35 :: 13 36 :: 14 37 :: 14 38 :: 14 39 :: 15 40 :: 15 41 :: 16 42 :: 16 43 :: 16 44 :: 17 45 :: 17 46 :: 18 47 :: 18 48 :: 18 49 :: 19 50 :: 19 51 :: 20 52 :: 20 53 :: 20 54 :: 21 55 :: 21 56 :: 21 57 :: 22 58 :: 22 59 :: 23 60 :: 23 61 :: 23 62 :: 24 63 :: 24 64 :: 25 65 :: 25 66 :: 25 67 :: 26 68 :: 26 69 :: 27 70 :: 27 71 :: 27 72 :: 28 73 :: 28 74 :: 29 75 :: 29 76 :: 29 77 :: 30 78 :: 30 79 :: 30 80 :: 31 81 :: 31 82 :: 32 83 :: 32 84 :: 32 85 :: 33 86 :: 33 87 :: 34 88 :: 34 89 :: 34 90 :: 35 91 :: 35 92 :: 36 93 :: 36 94 :: 36 95 :: 37 96 :: 37 97 :: 38 98 :: 38 99 :: 38 100 :: 39 101 :: 39 102 :: 40 103 :: 40 104 :: 40 105 :: 41 106 :: 41 107 :: 41 108 :: 42 109 :: 42 110 :: 43 111 :: 43 112 :: 43 113 :: 44 114 :: 44 115 :: 45 116 :: 45 117 :: 45 118 :: 46 119 :: 46 120 :: 47 121 :: 47 122 :: 47 123 :: 48 124 :: 48 125 :: 49 126 :: 49 127 :: 49 128 :: 50 129 :: 50 130 :: 50 131 :: 51 132 :: 51 133 :: 52 134 :: 52 135 :: 52 136 :: 53 137 :: 53 138 :: 54 139 :: 54 140 :: 54 141 :: 55 142 :: 55 143 :: 56 144 :: 56 145 :: 56 146 :: 57 147 :: 57 148 :: 58 149 :: 58 150 :: 58 151 :: 59 152 :: 59 153 :: 60 154 :: 60 155 :: 60 156 :: 61 157 :: 61 158 :: 61 159 :: 62 160 :: 62 161 :: 63 162 :: 63 163 :: 63 164 :: 64 165 :: 64 166 :: 65 167 :: 65 168 :: 65 169 :: 66 170 :: 66 171 :: 67 172 :: 67 173 :: 67 174 :: 68 175 :: 68 176 :: 69 177 :: 69 178 :: 69 179 :: 70 180 :: 70 181 :: 70 182 :: 71 183 :: 71 184 :: 72 185 :: 72 186 :: 72 187 :: 73 188 :: 73 189 :: 74 190 :: 74 191 :: 74 192 :: 75 193 :: 75 194 :: 76 195 :: 76 196 :: 76 197 :: 77 198 :: 77 199 :: 78 200 :: 78 201 :: 78 202 :: 79 203 :: 79 204 :: 80 205 :: 80 206 :: 80 207 :: 81 208 :: 81 209 :: 81 210 :: 82 211 :: 82 212 :: 83 213 :: 83 214 :: 83 215 :: 84 216 :: 84 217 :: 85 218 :: 85 219 :: 85 220 :: 86 221 :: 86 222 :: 87 223 :: 87 224 :: 87 225 :: 88 226 :: 88 227 :: 89 228 :: 89 229 :: 89 230 :: 90 231 :: 90 232 :: 90 233 :: 91 234 :: 91 235 :: 92 236 :: 92 237 :: 92 238 :: 93 239 :: 93 240 :: 94 241 :: 94 242 :: 94 243 :: 95 244 :: 95 245 :: 96 246 :: 96 247 :: 96 248 :: 97 249 :: 97 250 :: 98 251 :: 98 252 :: 98 253 :: 99 254 :: 99 255 :: 100

And if you'd prefer less zeros, or more 100s, then fudge it. (Add 0.5).


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