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# linmap()

## Example

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```python
  # value to be mapped from the first range
  x1 = round(min1+(max1-min1)*sin(frameCount/10)**2)
  line(x1, 25, x1, 75)
  text(str(x1), x1, 15)

  # mapping the value to the second range
  x2 = linmap(x1, min1, max1, min2, max2)
  text(str(round(x2,2)), x2, 285)
  line(x2, 225, x2, 275)
```

### Syntax

```
linmap(value, start1, stop1, start2, stop2, [withinBounds])
```

<table><thead><tr><th width="162">Input</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>value</td><td>the incoming value to be converted</td></tr><tr><td>start1</td><td>lower bound of the current range</td></tr><tr><td>stop1</td><td>higher bound of the current range</td></tr><tr><td>start2</td><td>lower bound of the newly mapped range</td></tr><tr><td>stop2</td><td>higher bound of the newly mapped range</td></tr><tr><td>withinBounds</td><td>boolean that specifies the behavior of the method if the mapped value is out of the bounds [start2, stop2]</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Description

**Maps** a value from one range to another, such that the **proportions are the same.**&#x20;

For example, number 2.5 is mapped from the range \[0, 10] to number 25 in the range \[0, 100]. Why? Because **in both cases, the value is fourth the distance away from the starting point of the range, and three fourths away from the ending point.**

Mapping 2.5 from the range \[0, 10] to the range \[10, 20] would give 12.5 for the same reason.

mapping 2.5 from the range \[0, 10] to the range \[10, 30] would give 15 for the same reason.

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