convert js function to Python

Question

I am looking at converting compass degrees to a string representing directions. There's another SO post to do this here.

This is one answer that modified slightly to represent the complete direction as a word Vs just the abbreviation, would anyone know how to convert this to a Python function? Im looking to have a string returned that represents the 8 cardinal directions... Answer by Edward Brey Feb 13 '19 at 18:29

function getCardinalDirection(angle) {
    const directions = ['↑ North', '↗ North East', '→ East', '↘ South East', '↓ South', '↙ South West', '← West', '↖ North West'];
    return directions[Math.round(angle / 45) % 8];
}

Where is your attempt and what is the problem with that? There is nothing complicated about that function, it should be trivial to write it again in Python — UnholySheep, Aug 06 '20 at 14:52

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 06 '20 at 14:54

It's more straightforward than you think:

def getCardinalDirection(angle):
    directions = ['↑ North', '↗ North East', '→ East', '↘ South East', '↓ South', '↙ South West', '← West', '↖ North West']
    return directions[round(angle / 45) % 8]  # round() is a built-in function

Example output:

>>> getCardinalDirection(50)
'↗ North East'
>>> getCardinalDirection(220)
'↙ South West'
>>> getCardinalDirection(-37)
'↖ North West'
>>> getCardinalDirection(188)
'↓ South'

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 06 '20 at 15:01

as simple as it is:

def get_card_direction(angle):
    directions = ['↑ North', '↗ North East', '→ East', '↘ South East', '↓ South', '↙ South West', '← West', '↖ North West']
    return directions[round(angle/45) % 8]
print(get_card_direction(50)) # output ↗ North East

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