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#lang racket
(define (degree->cardinal degree)
(case (modulo (inexact->exact (round (* 32 (/ degree 360)))) 32)
((0) "N")
((1) "NbE")
((2) "NNE")
((3) "NEbN")
((4) "NE")
((5) "NEbE")
((6) "ENE")
((7) "EbN")
((8) "E")
((9) "EbS")
((10) "ESE")
((11) "SEbE")
((12) "SE")
((13) "SEbS")
((14) "SSE")
((15) "SbE")
((16) "S")
((17) "SbW")
((18) "SSW")
((19) "SWbS")
((20) "SW")
((21) "SWbW")
((22) "WSW")
((23) "WbS")
((24) "W")
((25) "WbN")
((26) "WNW")
((27) "NWbW")
((28) "NW")
((29) "NWbN")
((30) "NNW")
((31) "NbW")
(else "unknwown")))
(define (cardinal->degree card)
(/ (* 360 (case card
(("N") 0)
(("NbE") 1)
(("NNE") 2)
(("NEbN") 3)
(("NE") 4)
(("NEbE") 5)
(("ENE") 6)
(("EbN") 7)
(("E") 8)
(("EbS") 9)
(("ESE") 10)
(("SEbE") 11)
(("SE") 12)
(("SEbS") 13)
(("SSE") 14)
(("SbE") 15)
(("S") 16)
(("SbW") 17)
(("SSW") 18)
(("SWbS") 19)
(("SW") 20)
(("SWbW") 21)
(("WSW") 22)
(("WbS") 23)
(("W") 24)
(("WbN") 25)
(("WNW") 26)
(("NWbW") 27)
(("NW") 28)
(("NWbN") 29)
(("NNW") 30)
(("NbW") 31)
(else -1))) 32))
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