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Add angle_to_dir to convert angles to nearest direction
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# Copyright (c) 2019 MetPy Developers. | ||
# Distributed under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause License. | ||
# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause | ||
""" | ||
Angle to Direction | ||
================== | ||
Demonstrate how to convert angles to direction strings. | ||
The code below shows how to convert angles into directional text. | ||
It also demonstrates the function's flexibility. | ||
""" | ||
import metpy.calc as mpcalc | ||
from metpy.units import units | ||
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########################################### | ||
# Create a test value of an angle | ||
angle_deg = 70 * units('degree') | ||
print(angle_deg) | ||
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########################################### | ||
# Now throw that angle into the function to | ||
# get the corresponding direction | ||
dir_str = mpcalc.angle_to_direction(angle_deg) | ||
print(dir_str) | ||
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########################################### | ||
# The function can also handle array of angles, | ||
# rounding to the nearest direction, handling angles > 360, | ||
# and defaulting to degrees if no units are specified. | ||
angle_deg_list = [0, 361, 719] | ||
dir_str_list = mpcalc.angle_to_direction(angle_deg_list) | ||
print(dir_str_list) | ||
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########################################### | ||
# If you want the unabbrieviated version, input full=True | ||
full_dir_str_list = mpcalc.angle_to_direction(angle_deg_list, full=True) | ||
print(full_dir_str_list) |
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