Animate from current position to center of screen

Is there any way to animate a UI element zooming in from its position to the center of the screen? The position may vary so I'm not sure how to do this. I read about the LateUpdate() trick but I don't think it'll work for this.

 

This is untested code:

Code (CSharp):

1. Vector3 startPos;
2. Vector3 endPos;
3.  
4. float startScale = 0; // change these as you like
5. float endScale = 1;
6.  
7. float scaleDuration = 1; // seconds
8.  
9. float interp; // short for interpolation - look it up if you aren't familiar, it's one of the most useful math tricks in programming
10.  
11. void Start()
12. {
13.     startPos = transform.position;
14.     endPos = new Vector3(0, 0, 0); // or wherever you want it
15.     interp = 0;
16. }
17.  
18. void Update()
19. {
20.     if (interp < 1)
21.     {
22.         interp += Time.deltaTime / duration;
23.         if (interp > 1) interp = 1;
24.     }
25.     transform.position = startPos * (1 - interp) + endPos * interp;
26.     transform.localScale = new Vector3(1, 1, 1) * (startScale * (1 - interp) + endScale * interp);
27. }