Re: How to find a formula from a list of numbers

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From: Adam Nielsen
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:31

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> The simple divide and subtract will also keep the code nice and fast.  However
> I'm not so sure one of the other rails will be that easy:
> 
>   A  |  B'
> -----+-----
>  0   | 0
>  1   | 0.1
>  4   | 0.4
>  8   | 0.9
>  16  | 1.9
>  32  | 3.8
>  48  | 5.7
>  64  | 7.6
>  96  | 11.4
>  128 | 15.2
>  160 | 19.1
>  192 | 22.9
>  208 | 24.8
>  224 | 26.7
>  255 | 30.4

Oh having said that, I think this might work:

  B' = A/10 + A/52

Not sure quite how their rounding works, so let me know if you have any better
ideas!

Cheers,
Adam.

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