2 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/map/clif.cpp b/src/map/clif.cpp
index b0cb541..a5b7278 100644
--- a/src/map/clif.cpp
+++ b/src/map/clif.cpp
@@ -5675,4 +5675,38 @@ void do_init_clif(void)
 {
     make_listen_port(map_port, SessionParsers{.func_parse= clif_parse, .func_delete= clif_delete});
 }
+
+bool extract(XString str, DIR *d)
+{
+    unsigned di;
+    if (extract(str, &di) && di < 8)
+    {
+        *d = static_cast<DIR>(di);
+        return true;
+    }
+    const struct
+    {
+        LString str;
+        DIR d;
+    } dirs[] =
+    {
+        {"S"_s, DIR::S},
+        {"SW"_s, DIR::SW},
+        {"W"_s, DIR::W},
+        {"NW"_s, DIR::NW},
+        {"N"_s, DIR::N},
+        {"NE"_s, DIR::NE},
+        {"E"_s, DIR::E},
+        {"SE"_s, DIR::SE},
+    };
+    for (auto& pair : dirs)
+    {
+        if (str == pair.str)
+        {
+            *d = pair.d;
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
 } // namespace tmwa
diff --git a/src/map/clif.hpp b/src/map/clif.hpp
index 12ed633..9873592 100644
--- a/src/map/clif.hpp
+++ b/src/map/clif.hpp
@@ -189,4 +189,6 @@ int clif_GM_kick(dumb_ptr<map_session_data> sd, dumb_ptr<map_session_data> tsd,
 int clif_foreachclient(std::function<void(dumb_ptr<map_session_data>)>);
 
 void do_init_clif(void);
+
+bool extract(XString, DIR *);
 } // namespace tmwa