[fysiks]

I'm not really sure what you actually ended up with (the last post that said "this is how I'm doing it" doesn't actually show your solution). Anyways, I wrote a version for fun:

stock GetCompassString(Float:fAngle, count, szString[], len)
{
	static szCompassStrings[24][4] = {"N", "15", "30", "NE", "60", "75", "E", "105", "120", "SE", "150", "165", "S", "195", "210", "SW", "240", "255", "W", "285", "300", "NW", "330", "345"}
	
	new iCenterIndex = floatround(fAngle / 15.0) % sizeof szCompassStrings
	
	new iStart = iCenterIndex - count / 2
	new iStop = iStart + count
	new curlen = 0, iIndex
	
	for( new i = iStart; i < iStop; i++ )
	{
		iIndex = (i < 0 ? i + sizeof szCompassStrings : i) % sizeof szCompassStrings
		
		if( curlen <= len )
		{
			curlen += formatex(szString[curlen], len - curlen, " %s", szCompassStrings[iIndex])
		}
	}
	trim(szString)
}