[Craps? Crap!]

Here's a Javascript routine to rank a poker hand....

 

function rankHand()

{

var rank;

// sort hand into card rank order

for (i=1;i<=5;i++){

for (j=i;j<=5;j++){

if (rankHandRank > rankHandRank[j])

{

tmpSuit = rankHandSuit;

tmpRank = rankHandRank;

rankHandSuit = rankHandSuit[j];

rankHandRank = rankHandRank[j];

rankHandSuit[j] = tmpSuit;

rankHandRank[j] = tmpRank;

}

}

}

// now rank the hand (1 is the highest)

if (rankHandSuit[1] == rankHandSuit[2] && rankHandSuit[2] == rankHandSuit[3] && rankHandSuit[3] == rankHandSuit[4] && rankHandSuit[4] == rankHandSuit[5] && rankHandRank[5] == 13 && rankHandRank[4] == 12 && rankHandRank[3] == 11 && rankHandRank[2] == 10 && rankHandRank[1] == 1)

{

rank = 1; // royal straight flush

}

else if (rankHandSuit[1] == rankHandSuit[2] && rankHandSuit[2] == rankHandSuit[3] && rankHandSuit[3] == rankHandSuit[4] && rankHandSuit[4] == rankHandSuit[5] && rankHandRank[5] == (rankHandRank[4] + 1) && rankHandRank[4] == (rankHandRank[3] + 1) && rankHandRank[3] == (rankHandRank[2] + 1) && rankHandRank[2] == (rankHandRank[1] + 1))

{

rank = 1; // straight flush

}

else if (rankHandRank[1] == rankHandRank[2] && rankHandRank[2] == rankHandRank[3] && rankHandRank[3] == rankHandRank[4])

{

rank = 2; // 4 of a kind

}

else if (rankHandRank[2] == rankHandRank[3] && rankHandRank[3] == rankHandRank[4] && rankHandRank[4] == rankHandRank[5])

{

rank = 2; // 4 of a kind

}

else if (rankHandRank[1] == rankHandRank[2] && rankHandRank[2] == rankHandRank[3] && rankHandRank[4] == rankHandRank[5])

{

rank = 3 // full house

}

else if (rankHandRank[3] == rankHandRank[4] && rankHandRank[4] == rankHandRank[5] && rankHandRank[1] == rankHandRank[2]) {

rank = 3; // full house

}

else if (rankHandSuit[1] == rankHandSuit[2] && rankHandSuit[2] == rankHandSuit[3] && rankHandSuit[3] == rankHandSuit[4] && rankHandSuit[4] == rankHandSuit[5])

{

rank = 4; // flush

}

else if (rankHandRank[5] == (rankHandRank[4] + 1) && rankHandRank[4] == (rankHandRank[3] + 1) && rankHandRank[3] == (rankHandRank[2] + 1) && rankHandRank[2] == (rankHandRank[1] + 1))

{

rank = 5; // straight

}

else if (rankHandRank[5] == 13 && rankHandRank[4] == 12 && rankHandRank[3] == 11 && rankHandRank[2] == 10 && rankHandRank[1] == 1)

{

rank = 5; // straight

}

else if (rankHandRank[1] == rankHandRank[2] && rankHandRank[2] == rankHandRank[3])

{

rank = 6; // 3 of a kind

}

else if (rankHandRank[2] == rankHandRank[3] && rankHandRank[3] == rankHandRank[4])

{

rank = 6; // 3 of a kind

}

else if (rankHandRank[3] == rankHandRank[4] && rankHandRank[4] == rankHandRank[5])

{

rank = 6; // 3 of a kind

}

else if (rankHandRank[1] == rankHandRank[2] && rankHandRank[3] == rankHandRank[4])

{

rank = 7; // 2 pair

}

else if (rankHandRank[2] == rankHandRank[3] && rankHandRank[4] == rankHandRank[5])

{

rank = 7; // 2 pair

}

else if (rankHandRank[1] == rankHandRank[2] && rankHandRank[4] == rankHandRank[5])

{

rank = 7; // 2 pair

}

else if (rankHandRank[1] == rankHandRank[2])

{

rank = 8;

}

else if (rankHandRank[2] == rankHandRank[3])

{

rank = 8;

}

else if (rankHandRank[3] == rankHandRank[4])

{

rank = 8;

}

else if (rankHandRank[4] == rankHandRank[5])

{

rank = 8;

}

else

{

rank = 0;

}

return rank;

}

[Craps? Crap!]

Checking winning poker hands isn't as tough as you would think. The trick is to sort the poker hand into ascending or descending rank order (making sure you keep an accurate track on the suits!) - then it's a lot easier to check all of the winning combos.

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