From: Dominik Bathon Date: 2005-11-21T11:35:56+09:00 Subject: Re: [QUIZ SOLUTION] Euchre Hands (#55) Here is another solution to the problem. I got the idea for this while reading Dale Martenson's solution. It doesn't really "solve" the problem, instead it cheats ;-) , but on the other side it is short and should be correct if the order hash is correct. Dominik order = { "Spades" => "JsJcAsKsQsTs9sAdKdQdJdTd9dAcKcQcTc9cAhKhQhJhTh9h", "Hearts" => "JhJdAhKhQhTh9hAsKsQsJsTs9sAdKdQdTd9dAcKcQcJcTc9c", "Clubs" => "JcJsAcKcQcTc9cAhKhQhJhTh9hAsKsQsTs9sAdKdQdJdTd9d", "Diamonds" => "JdJhAdKdQdTd9dAcKcQcJcTc9cAhKhQhTh9hAsKsQsJsTs9s" } trump = gets.strip puts trump, readlines.map { |l| l.strip }.sort_by { |card| order[trump].index(card) }