# Formatting issues with Javascript
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/formatting-issues-with-javascript/78540
**Category:** General
**Created:** [19 May 2023 12:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/formatting-issues-with-javascript/78540 "2023-05-19T12:31:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Kushman](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Kushman)
#### Post date: [19 May 2023 12:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/formatting-issues-with-javascript/78540/1 "2023-05-19T12:31:25Z")
Hello friends, I'm using WeatherAPI to reach out and retrieve some data from a specific location.
Amongst this data being retrieved, is wind.degree.
The value for wind.degree is returned as a integer from 1-360.
I'm trying to convert this integer into a direction (North) upon the given value.
I'm trying to make this happen with an "IF" statement and a compare statement.
something along the lines like,
```auto
If (msg.payload.wind.deg.) >=346 <=15
(msg.payload.wind.deg) = "N"
```
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [19 May 2023 12:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/formatting-issues-with-javascript/78540/2 "2023-05-19T12:39:33Z")
H, welcome to the forum.
Why have you dived straight into a function node?
You can do with with the built in no-code nodes - in particular, the switch node.
* * *
if you MUST, then the JS would be along the lines of:
```auto
if (msg.payload.wind.deg >=346 || msg.payload.wind.deg <=15) {
msg.payload.wind.dir = "N"
} else if (msg.payload.wind.deg > 15 && msg.payload.wind.deg <=30) {
msg.payload.wind.dir = "NNE"
} else {
// etc etc
}
return msg;
```
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [19 May 2023 13:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/formatting-issues-with-javascript/78540/3 "2023-05-19T13:02:33Z")
> [@Kushman](#):
>
> `If (msg.payload.wind.deg.) >=346 <=15`
Why do you have a period after `deg`?
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### Author:  [@Kushman](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Kushman)
#### Post date: [19 May 2023 15:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/formatting-issues-with-javascript/78540/4 "2023-05-19T15:43:29Z")
Thank you for the help!
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### Author:  [@Kushman](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Kushman)
#### Post date: [19 May 2023 15:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/formatting-issues-with-javascript/78540/5 "2023-05-19T15:44:29Z")
That was a typo, Apologies.
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### Author:  [@Sean-McG](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sean-McG)
#### Post date: [20 May 2023 01:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/formatting-issues-with-javascript/78540/6 "2023-05-20T01:50:43Z")
@Kushman Or even easier use [node-red-contrib-compass (node) - Node-RED](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-compass)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [3 June 2023 01:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/formatting-issues-with-javascript/78540/7 "2023-06-03T01:51:38Z")
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