Question

I have a bit of javascript that I am using to calculate the y-scale of a graph. I need to adjust the scale according to the value. This works but seems really verbose. Is there a more streamlined way to do this?

if (maxValue <= 20000){
    chartMaxY = 20000
}       
if (maxValue <= 10000){
    chartMaxY = 10000
}       
if (maxValue <= 5000){
    chartMaxY = 5000
}       
if (maxValue <= 2500){
    chartMaxY = 2500
}
if (maxValue <= 1000){
    chartMaxY = 1000
}
if (maxValue <= 500){
    chartMaxY = 500
}       
if (maxValue <= 250){
    chartMaxY = 250
}           
if (maxValue <= 100){
    chartMaxY = 100
}   
if (maxValue <= 50){
    chartMaxY = 50
}   
if (maxValue <= 10){
    chartMaxY = 10
}   

Answer 1

Same thing, possibly more succinct depending on your programming style.

var keys = [10, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000, 2500, 5000, 10000, 20000];

for (var i=0; i<keys.length; i++) {
    if (maxValue <= keys[i]) {
        chartMaxY = keys[i];
        break;
    }
}

The reverse order of key-values causes maxValue to only be set once, but note this does not modify values > 20000 (though neither did original)