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compassFromDeg ( deg )

Map a compass cardinal direction from degrees of rotation

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Sample input:

compassFromDeg ( 180 )
compassFromDeg ( 66.6 )

Sample output:

S
ENE

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

Let ([	dirs = List ( "N"; "NNE"; "NE"; "ENE"; "E"; "ESE"; "SE"; "SSE"; "S"; "SSW"; "SW"; "WSW"; "W"; "WNW"; "NW"; "NNW"; "N" )
] ;
	GetValue ( dirs ; Round ( deg/22.5 ; 0 ) +1 )
)

Calculation inspired by https://www.campbellsci.com/blog/convert-wind-directions

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