Task: Box the compass
C: #include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
        int i, j;
        double degrees[] = { 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 };
        const char * 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         "
                              "North                 ";

        for (i = 0; i < 33; i++) {
                j = .5 + degrees[i] * 32 / 360;

                printf("%2d  %.22s  %6.2f\n", (j % 32) + 1, names + (j % 32) * 22,
                        degrees[i]);
        }

        return 0;
}

Python: majors   = 'north east south west'.split()
majors   *= 2 
quarter1 = 'N,N by E,N-NE,NE by N,NE,NE by E,E-NE,E by N'.split(',')
quarter2 = [p.replace('NE','EN') for p in quarter1]

def degrees2compasspoint(d):
    d = (d % 360) + 360/64
    majorindex, minor = divmod(d, 90.)
    majorindex = int(majorindex)
    minorindex  = int( (minor*4) // 45 )
    p1, p2 = majors[majorindex: majorindex+2]
    if p1 in {'north', 'south'}:
        q = quarter1
    else:
        q = quarter2
    return q[minorindex].replace('N', p1).replace('E', p2).capitalize()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    for i in range(33):
        d = i * 11.25
        m = i % 3
        if   m == 1: d += 5.62
        elif m == 2: d -= 5.62
        n = i % 32 + 1
        print( '%2i %-18s %7.2f°' % (n, degrees2compasspoint(d), d) )