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Heading

Object that refers to the directional heading to of a location or direction.

Forms

heading Heading[#]

Creates a heading object using degrees (clockwise)

heading Heading[y,x]

Creates a heading object using the heading to this y,x location

heading Heading[N,W]

Same as above, just an alternate method

Associated DataTypes

heading

Represents a direction on a compass.

Members

int Clock

The nearest clock direction, e.g. 1-12

float Degrees

Heading in degrees (same as casting to float)

float DegreesCCW

Heading in degrees counter-clockwise (the way the rest of MQ2 and EQ uses it)

string Name

The long compass direction, eg. "south", "south by southeast"

string ShortName

The short compass direction, eg. "S", "SSE"

string (To String)

Same as ShortName

Usage

/echo ${Heading[15].ShortName}

Echos the shortname of the heading of 15 degrees.

/echo ${Heading[-342,700].ShortName}

Echos the shortname heading to the location -342,700