Hi Brian,
A suggestion for your scoring. Just have a massive CASE statement.
Here's some pcode:
case (hand #1)
when (royal flush)
statements
when (royal straight)
statements
...
...
when (3 of a kind)
statements
when (pair)
statements
end
This way, your check will bail when it gets to 3 of a kind, and will never
even check for a lowly pair. I've forgotten the rank of particular hands,
but I think you get the idea.
And here's another idea. There are 2 special, mutually exclusive flags
I think.
1) Do you have all royal cards? (A,K,Q,J,10)
2) Are the cards all the same suit.
So...you check each of 1) and 2) and add some points for one or both.
I don't know how or if this could work, since I don't remember what
beats what, but it's a thought.
-Chris
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