Ftn that takes a list of numbers and scales it within the bounds of the given arguments.

scaleToRange.py

  def scaleInRange(lon, a, b):
    r_max, r_min = max(lon), min(lon)
    slon = []
    for i in lon:  
      slon.append(((i - r_min) / (r_max - r_min)) * (b - a) + a)
    return slon

# Example
lon = range(1,100)
a, b, = 4, 8
print(scaleInRange(lon, a, b))

tbh could probably do without the variables in line 2