WINDSTR

Name

windstr

Purpose (one Line Only)

Convert a wind direction angle to a string name (or back).

Description

Calling Sequence

wname = windstr(wdir)

Inputs

wdir - Wind direction in degrees, scalar or vector
if numbers are provided, these are converted to strings
if strings are provided, they are converted to integers

Optional Input Parameters

Keyword Input Parameters

Outputs

return value is the name of the wind direction (string) or the numeric
value depending in the input.

Keyword Output Parameters

Common Blocks

Side Effects

Restrictions

Note that the names are coarser than numbers. If you start with numbers,
convert to names and then back to numbers you probably won't get the same
answer.

Procedure

Modification History

Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 2005/03/26
2008/02/03, MWB, changed to allow reverse transformation.