Creating implementation for idiom 365 : Convert an angle to a direction

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# 365 Convert an angle to a direction

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Convert a degree, x, of 360, to a Compass direction, y.

For example, `123.4 deg` is "South-east".

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#include <array>
#include <iostream>

namespace Point {
    using namespace std;
    array a {
        "N", "NE", "E", "SE",
        "S", "SW", "W", "NW"
    };
    string parse(double& x) {
        int i { int((x / 45) + .5) };
        return a[i % 8];
    }
}

char y = "NESW"[int((x / 90) + .5) % 4];

enum Point {
    N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW;
    static Point parse(double x) {
        int i = (int) ((x / 45) + .5);
        return values()[i % 8];
    }
}
String y = Point.parse(x).name();

type
  TDir = (N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW);
const
  Dirs: array[TDir] of string = ('North','North East','East','South East','South','South West','West','North West');

var
  y: double;
  x: string;
begin
  ...
  y := Dirs[TDir(Round(((x-22.5)/45) + 0.5) mod 8)]);
end.

y = 'NESW'[int((x / 90) + .5) % 4]

y = ["N", "NE", "E", "SE", "S", "SW", "W", "NW"][int((x / 45) + 0.5) % 8]

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winds = %w(N NNE NE ENE E ESE SE SSE S SSW SW WSW W WNW NW NNW)
wind_count = winds.size
y = winds[ x * wind_count / 360.0 + 0.5 % wind_count ]

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