Hi,
> Alternatively, try :-
>
> $Compass = array('West', 'North Westerly', 'North', 'North Easterly',
> 'East', 'South Easterly', 'South',
> 'South Westerly');
>
> print $Compass[round($Degrees / 45)] . "\n";
>
> This can be expanded easily by adding 'North North West' etc. at the
> relevant points in the array and changing the 45 to 22.5.
>
> No messy horrible switches :-)
Oh and I forgot to mention, it also deals fairly well with weird degrees
such as 48.7.
Dave
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