From: Patrick Hurley <phurley@...>
Date: 2005-03-24T06:33:57+09:00
Subject: Re: [SOLUTION][QUIZ] Texas Hold'Em (#24)

The delta transform creates a version of the cards where the delta
between card values is in the string, so a regexp can then match a
straight and/or straight flush - I used regexp to match all my cases
with appropriate sort and/or transforms.

Patrick


On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:40:01 +0900, Dave Burt <dave@burt.id.au> wrote:
> "Patrick Hurley" <phurley@gmail.com> tested:
> > Dave I am still looking over your code, but since I got your test data
> > last week here is some for you).  This was a tough one, lots of
> > combinations - now I know why I don't gamble. Your card abstraction
> > seems very complete, did it come from some place else? I did some of
> > the same, but realized I was getting too far afield for the quiz alone
> > and stopped myself (I can be accused of over engineering sometimes :-)
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> > Input:
> > <snip reams of testing :))>
> 
> Thanks Pat, I will look at this later today when I get the time. I will add
> some more tests than that, too, to try and trap another suspected bug: I
> fear Two pairs are not evaluated correctly by highest pair then second pair.
> These example output lines show this:
> 2s 2h 3d 3s 9c Ts As Two Pair  # from your test
> 9c 9d Ks Kd 3c 6d Ah Two Pair  # from the quiz definition
> That's what you get for programming after bed-time.
> 
> I had already written card.rb for an implementation of blackjack
> (blackjack.rb).
> 
> I haven't had a chance to look over any solutions in detail yet, but I saw
> your "delta transform" and its use and am intrigued - what is that?
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave
> 
>