Task: Box the compass


C++: #include <string>
#include <boost/array.hpp>
#include <boost/assign/list_of.hpp>
#include <boost/format.hpp>
#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <math.h>
using std::string;
using namespace boost::assign;

int get_Index(float angle)
{
   return static_cast<int>(floor(angle / 11.25 +0.5 )) % 32 + 1;
}

string get_Abbr_From_Index(int i)
{
    static boost::array<std::string, 32> points(list_of
            ("N")("NbE")("NNE")("NEbN")("NE")("NEbE")("ENE")("EbN")
            ("E")("EbS")("ESE")("SEbE")("SE")("SEbS")("SSE")("SbE")
            ("S")("SbW")("SSW")("SWbS")("SW")("SWbW")("WSW")("WbS")
            ("W")("WbN")("WNW")("NWbW")("NW")("NWbN")("NNW")("NbW"));
    return points[i-1];
}

string Build_Name_From_Abbreviation(string a)
{
    string retval;
    for (int i = 0; i < a.size(); ++i){
        if ((1 == i) && (a[i] != 'b') && (a.size() == 3)) retval += "-";
        switch (a[i]){
            case 'N' : retval += "north"; break; 
            case 'S' : retval += "south"; break; 
            case 'E' : retval += "east";  break; 
            case 'W' : retval += "west";  break; 
            case 'b' : retval += " by ";  break;
        }
    }
    retval[0] = toupper(retval[0]);
    return retval;
}

int main()
{
    boost::array<float,33> headings(list_of
            (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));
    int i;
    boost::format f("%1$4d %2$-20s %3$_7.2f");

    BOOST_FOREACH(float a, headings)
    {
        i = get_Index(a);
        std::cout << f % i %  Build_Name_From_Abbreviation(get_Abbr_From_Index(i)) % a << std::endl;
    }
    return 0;
}








COBOL:        identification division.
       program-id. box-compass.
       data division.
       working-storage section.
       01 point                pic 99.
       01 degrees              usage float-short.
       01 degrees-rounded      pic 999v99.
       01 show-degrees         pic zz9.99.
       01 box                  pic z9.
       01 fudge                pic 9.
       01 compass              pic x(4).
       01 compass-point        pic x(18).
       01 shortform            pic x.
       01 short-names.
          05 short-name        pic x(4) occurs 33 times.
       01 overlay.
          05 value "N   " & "NbE " & "N-NE" & "NEbN" & "NE  " &
                   "NEbE" & "E-NE" & "EbN " & "E   " & "EbS " &
                   "E-SE" & "SEbE" & "SE  " & "SEbS" & "S-SE" &
                   "SbE " & "S   " & "SbW " & "S-SW" & "SWbS" &
                   "SW  " & "SWbW" & "W-SW" & "WbS " & "W   " &
                   "WbN " & "W-NW" & "NWbW" & "NW  " & "NWbN" &
                   "N-NW" & "NbW " & "N   ".

       procedure division.
       display "Index Compass point      Degree"

       move overlay to short-names.
       perform varying point from 0 by 1 until point > 32
           compute box = function mod(point 32) + 1
           compute degrees = point * 11.25
           compute fudge = function mod(point 3)
           evaluate fudge
              when equal 1
                  add 5.62 to degrees
              when equal 2
                  subtract 5.62 from degrees
           end-evaluate

           compute degrees-rounded rounded = degrees
           move degrees-rounded to show-degrees
           inspect show-degrees replacing trailing '00' by '0 '
           inspect show-degrees replacing trailing '50' by '5 '

           move short-name(point + 1) to compass
           move spaces to compass-point
           display space box space space space with no advancing
           perform varying tally from 1 by 1 until tally > 4
               move compass(tally:1) to shortform
               move function concatenate(function trim(compass-point),
                    function substitute(shortform,
                        "N", "North",
                        "E", "East",
                        "S", "South",
                        "W", "West",
                        "b", " byZ",
                        "-", "-"))
                 to compass-point
           end-perform
           move function substitute(compass-point, "Z", " ")
             to compass-point
           move function lower-case(compass-point) to compass-point
           move function upper-case(compass-point(1:1))
             to compass-point(1:1)
           display compass-point space show-degrees
       end-perform
       goback.