use utf8; my @names = ( "North", "North by east", "North-northeast", "Northeast by north", "Northeast", "Northeast by east", "East-northeast", "East by north", "East", "East by south", "East-southeast", "Southeast by east", "Southeast", "Southeast by south", "South-southeast", "South by east", "South", "South by west", "South-southwest", "Southwest by south", "Southwest", "Southwest by west", "West-southwest", "West by south", "West", "West by north", "West-northwest", "Northwest by west", "Northwest", "Northwest by north", "North-northwest", "North by west", ); my @angles = (0.0, 16.87, 16.88, 33.75, 50.62, 50.63, 67.5, 84.37, 84.38, 101.25, 118.12, 118.13, 135.0, 151.87, 151.88, 168.75, 185.62, 185.63, 202.5, 219.37, 219.38, 236.25, 253.12, 253.13, 270.0, 286.87, 286.88, 303.75, 320.62, 320.63, 337.5, 354.37, 354.38); for (@angles) { my $i = int(($_ * 32 / 360) + .5) % 32; printf "%3d %18s %6.2f°\n", $i + 1, $names[$i], $_; }