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diff --git a/docs/source/lang/api/map.rst b/docs/source/lang/api/map.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..79122b3 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/lang/api/map.rst @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +.. highlight:: cpp + +.. _lang-map: + +map() +===== + +Re-maps a number from one range to another. + +.. contents:: Contents + :local: + +Library Documentation +--------------------- + +.. doxygenfunction:: map + +Discussion +---------- + +``map()`` does not constrain values to within the range, because +out-of-range values are sometimes intended and useful. The +:ref:`constrain() <lang-constrain>` macro may be used either before or +after this function, if limits to the ranges are desired. + +Note that the "lower bounds" of either range may be larger or smaller +than the "upper bounds" so that ``map()`` may be used to reverse a +range of numbers; for example:: + + y = map(x, 1, 50, 50, 1); + +The function also handles negative numbers well, so that this +example :: + + y = map(x, 1, 50, 50, -100); + +is also valid. + +The ``map()`` function uses integer math (its arguments and return +values all have type :ref:`long <lang-long>`), so it will not generate +fractions, when the math might indicate that it should do so. +Fractional remainders are truncated, and are not rounded or averaged. + +Example +------- + +:: + + /* Map an ADC reading (12 bits) to 16-bit PWM (0 to 65,535) */ + + void setup() { + pinMode(0, INPUT_ANALOG); + pinMode(9, PWM); + } + + void loop() { + int val = analogRead(0); + val = map(val, 0, 4095, 0, 65535); + analogWrite(9, val); + } + + +See Also +-------- + +- :ref:`constrain() <lang-constrain>` + +.. include:: cc-attribution.txt |