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Created July 16, 2014 09:33
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degrees_to_direction.py
def degrees_to_direction(degrees):
"""Convert degrees to a compass direction."""
directions = [
'N', 'NNE', 'NE', 'ENE', 'E', 'ESE', 'SE', 'SSE',
'S', 'SSW', 'SW', 'WSW', 'W', 'WNW', 'NW', 'NNW',
]
return directions[int(round(float(degrees) / 22.5)) % 16]
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