Solved Get cardinal direction of player

first things first, in:

Code (Text):

public String getPlayerDirection(Player player){
        double yaw = playerSelf.getLocation().getYaw();
     
        if (yaw >= 0 && yaw < 90) {
            // South
            return "S";
        } else if (yaw >= 90 && yaw < 180) {
            // West
            return "W";
        } else if (yaw >= 80 && yaw < 90) {
            // East
            return "E";
        } else {
            // North
            return "N";
        }
   }
 

you have player as the given variable and playerSelf as the variable you are messing with, but no where does it set playerSelf to player.
go ahead and try changing it to:

Code (Text):

public String getPlayerDirection(Player player){
        double yaw = player.getLocation().getYaw();
     
        if (yaw >= 0 && yaw < 90) {
            // South
            return "S";
        } else if (yaw >= 90 && yaw < 180) {
            // West
            return "W";
        } else if (yaw >= 80 && yaw < 90) {
            // East
            return "E";
        } else {
            // North
            return "N";
        }
   }
 

and see if that helps.

 

Did that fix the problem?

 

Here is what I have that seems to work for me.

Code (Java):

    public boolean onCommand(CommandSender sender, Command command, String label, String[] args){

        if(sender instanceof Player){
            Player p = (Player) sender;

            double y = p.getLocation().getYaw();
            String direction = new String();

            if(y >= 135 || y < -135){
                direction = "North";
            }
            if(y >= -135 && y < -45){
                direction = "East";
            }
            if(y >= -45 && y < 45){
                direction = "South";
            }
            if(y >= 45 && y < 135){
                direction = "West";
            }

            p.sendMessage(String.valueOf(p.getLocation().getYaw()));
            p.sendMessage(direction);

            return true;

        }
return false;
    }

https://imgur.com/a/NrMU8T6

 

A few things here...

1. Whats the compile error? Its a pain to debug an error without the error.

2. What are you using this for? There is probably a better method, avoid the xy problem.

 

the yaw of player goes from 0 to 360, being 0 and 360 the south