get number between 0 and 1 from number between 0 and n

Question

How can I calculate values between 0 and 1 from values between 0 and n. E.g. I have items with "click count" and want to get "importance" (a float between 0 and 1) from that.

My attempt: importance = 1-1/count

gives bad results, since the values don't distribute well…

Answer 1

I'm not sure what you mean by "don't distribute well". If you want to normalize a value between 0 and n to between 0 and 1, just divide by n.

Answer 2

just divide by n

Answer 3

How about count/n?

Answer 4

Also not sure what you mean...

If you are looking for a linear distribution between 0 and 1, you need to know the maximum value of n. This will be transformed to 1.

importance = thisCount / maxCount;