Module BoxingTheCompass Dim _points(32) As String Sub Main() BuildPoints() Dim heading As Double = 0D For i As Integer = 0 To 32 heading = i * 11.25 Select Case i Mod 3 Case 1 heading += 5.62 Case 2 heading -= 5.62 End Select Console.WriteLine("{0,2}: {1,-18} {2,6:F2}°", (i Mod 32) + 1, InitialUpper(GetPoint(heading)), heading) Next End Sub Private Sub BuildPoints() Dim cardinal As String() = New String() {"north", "east", "south", "west"} Dim pointDesc As String() = New String() {"1", "1 by 2", "1-C", "C by 1", "C", "C by 2", "2-C", "2 by 1"} Dim str1, str2, strC As String For i As Integer = 0 To 3 str1 = cardinal(i) str2 = cardinal((i + 1) Mod 4) strC = IIf(str1 = "north" Or str1 = "south", str1 & str2, str2 & str1) For j As Integer = 0 To 7 _points(i * 8 + j) = pointDesc(j).Replace("1", str1).Replace("2", str2).Replace("C", strC) Next Next End Sub Private Function InitialUpper(ByVal s As String) As String Return s.Substring(0, 1).ToUpper() & s.Substring(1) End Function Private Function GetPoint(ByVal Degrees As Double) As String Dim testD As Double = (Degrees / 11.25) + 0.5 Return _points(CInt(Math.Floor(testD Mod 32))) End Function End Module