NewValue = (((OldValue - OldMin) * (NewMax - NewMin)) / (OldMax - OldMin)) + NewMin

Or a little more readable:

OldRange = (OldMax - OldMin)  
NewRange = (NewMax - NewMin)  
NewValue = (((OldValue - OldMin) * NewRange) / OldRange) + NewMin

Or if you want to protect for the case where the old range is 0 (OldMin = OldMax):

OldRange = (OldMax - OldMin)
if (OldRange == 0)
    NewValue = NewMin
else
{
    NewRange = (NewMax - NewMin)  
    NewValue = (((OldValue - OldMin) * NewRange) / OldRange) + NewMin
}

Note that in this case we're forced to pick one of the possible new range values arbitrarily. Depending on context, sensible choices could be: NewMin (see sample), NewMax or (NewMin + NewMax) / 2

That's a simple linear conversion.

new_value = ( (old_value - old_min) / (old_max - old_min) ) * (new_max - new_min) + new_min

So converting 10000 on the scale of -16000 to 16000 to a new scale of 0 to 100 yields:

old_value = 10000
old_min = -16000
old_max = 16000
new_min = 0
new_max = 100

new_value = ( ( 10000 - -16000 ) / (16000 - -16000) ) * (100 - 0) + 0
          = 81.25

Added KOTLIN version with Mathematical Explanation

Consider we have a scale between (OMin, Omax) and we we have a value X in this range

We want to convert it to scale (NMin, NMax)

We know X and we need to find Y, the ratio must be same:

 => (Y-NMin)/(NMax-NMin) = (X-OMin)/(OMax-OMin)  
      
 =>  (Y-NMin)/NewRange = (X-OMin)/OldRange 

 =>   Y = ((X-OMin)*NewRange)/oldRange)+NMin  Answer
   

Pragmatically we can write this rquation like this:

 private fun  convertScale(oldValueToConvert:Int): Float {
       // Old Scale 50-100
       val oldScaleMin = 50
       val oldScaleMax = 100
       val oldScaleRange= (oldScaleMax - oldScaleMin)

       //new Scale 0-1
       val newScaleMin = 0.0f
       val newScaleMax = 1.0f
       val newScaleRange=  (newScaleMax - newScaleMin)
     
       return ((oldValueToConvert - oldScaleMin)* newScaleRange/ oldScaleRange) + newScaleMin
    }

JAVA

/**
     * 
     * @param x
     * @param inMin
     * @param inMax
     * @param outMin
     * @param outMax
     * @return
     */
        private long normalize(long x, long inMin, long inMax, long outMin, long outMax) {
          long outRange = outMax - outMin;
          long inRange  = inMax - inMin;
          return (x - inMin) *outRange / inRange + outMin;
        }

Usage:

float brightness = normalize(progress, 0, 10, 0,255);

Here is a Javascript version that returns a function that does the rescaling for predetermined source and destination ranges, minimizing the amount of computation that has to be done each time.

// This function returns a function bound to the 
// min/max source & target ranges given.
// oMin, oMax = source
// nMin, nMax = dest.
function makeRangeMapper(oMin, oMax, nMin, nMax ){
    //range check
    if (oMin == oMax){
        console.log("Warning: Zero input range");
        return undefined;
    };

    if (nMin == nMax){
        console.log("Warning: Zero output range");
        return undefined
    }

    //check reversed input range
    var reverseInput = false;
    let oldMin = Math.min( oMin, oMax );
    let oldMax = Math.max( oMin, oMax );
    if (oldMin != oMin){
        reverseInput = true;
    }

    //check reversed output range
    var reverseOutput = false;  
    let newMin = Math.min( nMin, nMax )
    let newMax = Math.max( nMin, nMax )
    if (newMin != nMin){
        reverseOutput = true;
    }

    // Hot-rod the most common case.
    if (!reverseInput && !reverseOutput) {
        let dNew = newMax-newMin;
        let dOld = oldMax-oldMin;
        return (x)=>{
            return ((x-oldMin)* dNew / dOld) + newMin;
        }
    }

    return (x)=>{
        let portion;
        if (reverseInput){
            portion = (oldMax-x)*(newMax-newMin)/(oldMax-oldMin);
        } else {
            portion = (x-oldMin)*(newMax-newMin)/(oldMax-oldMin)
        }
        let result;
        if (reverseOutput){
            result = newMax - portion;
        } else {
            result = portion + newMin;
        }

        return result;
    }   
}

Here is an example of using this function to scale 0-1 into -0x80000000, 0x7FFFFFFF

let normTo32Fn = makeRangeMapper(0, 1, -0x80000000, 0x7FFFFFFF);
let fs = normTo32Fn(0.5);
let fs2 = normTo32Fn(0);

List comprehension one liner solution

color_array_new = [int((((x - min(node_sizes)) * 99) / (max(node_sizes) - min(node_sizes))) + 1) for x in node_sizes]

Longer version

def colour_specter(waste_amount):
color_array = []
OldRange = max(waste_amount) - min(waste_amount)
NewRange = 99
for number_value in waste_amount:
    NewValue = int((((number_value - min(waste_amount)) * NewRange) / OldRange) + 1)
    color_array.append(NewValue)
print(color_array)
return color_array

Java Version

Always works no matter what you feed it!

I left everything expanded out so that it's easier to follow for learning. Rounding at the end, of course, is optional.

    private long remap(long p, long Amin, long Amax, long Bmin, long Bmax ) {

    double deltaA = Amax - Amin;
    double deltaB = Bmax - Bmin;
    double scale  = deltaB / deltaA;
    double negA   = -1 * Amin;
    double offset = (negA * scale) + Bmin;
    double q      = (p * scale) + offset;
    return Math.round(q);

}

I wrote a function to do this in R. The method is the same as above, but I needed to do this a bunch of times in R, so I thought I'd share in case it helps anybody.

convertRange <- function(
  oldValue,
  oldRange = c(-16000.00, 16000.00), 
  newRange = c(0, 100),
  returnInt = TRUE # the poster asked for an integer, so this is an option
){
  oldMin <- oldRange[1]
  oldMax <- oldRange[2]
  newMin <- newRange[1]
  newMax <- newRange[2]
  newValue = (((oldValue - oldMin)* (newMax - newMin)) / (oldMax - oldMin)) + newMin
  
  if(returnInt){
   return(round(newValue))
  } else {
   return(newValue)
  }
}

Using Numpy and interp function, you can convert your value from old range to new range:

>>> import numpy as np
>>> np.interp(0, [-16000,16000], [0,100])
50.0

You can also try it to map a list of values:

>>> np.interp([-16000,0,12000] ,[-16000,16000], [0,100])
array([ 0. , 50. , 87.5])

This example converts a songs current position into an angle range of 20 - 40.

    /// <summary>
    /// This test converts Current songtime to an angle in a range. 
    /// </summary>
    [Fact]
    public void ConvertRangeTests()
    {            
       //Convert a songs time to an angle of a range 20 - 40
        var result = ConvertAndGetCurrentValueOfRange(
            TimeSpan.Zero, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5.4),
            20, 40, 
            2.7
            );

        Assert.True(result == 30);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the current value from the mixValue maxValue range.        
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="startTime">Start of the song</param>
    /// <param name="duration"></param>
    /// <param name="minValue"></param>
    /// <param name="maxValue"></param>
    /// <param name="value">Current time</param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public double ConvertAndGetCurrentValueOfRange(
                TimeSpan startTime,
                TimeSpan duration,
                double minValue,
                double maxValue,
                double value)
    {
        var timeRange = duration - startTime;
        var newRange = maxValue - minValue;
        var ratio = newRange / timeRange.TotalMinutes;
        var newValue = value * ratio;
        var currentValue= newValue + minValue;
        return currentValue;
    }