How to avoid if / else if chain when classifying a heading into 8 directions?

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I have the following code:

if (this->_car.getAbsoluteAngle() <= 30 || this->_car.getAbsoluteAngle() >= 330)
  this->_car.edir = Car::EDirection::RIGHT;
else if (this->_car.getAbsoluteAngle() > 30 && this->_car.getAbsoluteAngle() <= 60)
  this->_car.edir = Car::EDirection::UP_RIGHT;
else if (this->_car.getAbsoluteAngle() > 60 && this->_car.getAbsoluteAngle() <= 120)
  this->_car.edir = Car::EDirection::UP;
else if (this->_car.getAbsoluteAngle() > 120 && this->_car.getAbsoluteAngle() <= 150)
  this->_car.edir = Car::EDirection::UP_LEFT;
else if (this->_car.getAbsoluteAngle() > 150 && this->_car.getAbsoluteAngle() <= 210)
  this->_car.edir = Car::EDirection::LEFT;
else if (this->_car.getAbsoluteAngle() > 210 && this->_car.getAbsoluteAngle() <= 240)
  this->_car.edir = Car::EDirection::DOWN_LEFT;
else if (this->_car.getAbsoluteAngle() > 240 && this->_car.getAbsoluteAngle() <= 300)
  this->_car.edir = Car::EDirection::DOWN;
else if (this->_car.getAbsoluteAngle() > 300 && this->_car.getAbsoluteAngle() <= 330)
  this->_car.edir = Car::EDirection::DOWN_RIGHT;

I want to avoid the ifs chain; it's really ugly. Is there a another, possibly cleaner, way of writing this?

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