lookup_dir()

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New function added by Nimrod (7 Sept 13)
Returns direction integer after checking through constant variables dirs and short_dirs based on value passed, such as north, northwest, nw, se, etc...

Call Example

Function Code

 int
lookup_dir(char *value)
{
unsigned int i;

for (i = 0; i <= LAST_DIR; i++)
{
if (!strncmp (dirs[i], value, strlen (value)))
return i;
//return &dirs[i];
}
// did not find in dirs, now look in short_dirs
for (i = 0; i <= LAST_DIR; i++)
{
if (!strncmp (short_dirs[i], value, strlen (value)))
return i;
//return &dirs[i];
}
// did not find at all
return -1; 
}