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# msergeant's solution

## to Poker in the Clojure Track

Published at Apr 20 2019 · 0 comments
Instructions
Test suite
Solution

Pick the best hand(s) from a list of poker hands.

See wikipedia for an overview of poker hands.

## Source

Inspired by the training course from Udacity. https://www.udacity.com/course/viewer#!/c-cs212/

## Submitting Incomplete Solutions

It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

### poker_test.clj

``````(ns poker-test
(:require [clojure.test :refer [deftest is]]
[poker :refer [best-hands]]))

(defn f [xs ys] (= (sort (best-hands xs)) (sort ys)))

(deftest single-hand-always-wins
(is (f ["4S 5S 7H 8D JC"] ["4S 5S 7H 8D JC"])))

(deftest highest-card-out-of-all-hands-wins
(is (f ["4D 5S 6S 8D 3C"
"2S 4C 7S 9H 10H"
"3S 4S 5D 6H JH"]
["3S 4S 5D 6H JH"])))

(deftest a-tie-has-multiple-winners
(is (f ["4D 5S 6S 8D 3C"
"2S 4C 7S 9H 10H"
"3S 4S 5D 6H JH"
"3H 4H 5C 6C JD"]
["3S 4S 5D 6H JH"
"3H 4H 5C 6C JD"])))

(deftest multiple-hands-with-the-same-high-cards-tie-compares-next-highest-ranked-down-to-last-card
(is (f ["3S 5H 6S 8D 7H"
"2S 5D 6D 8C 7S"]
["3S 5H 6S 8D 7H"])))

(deftest one-pair-beats-high-card
(is (f ["4S 5H 6C 8D KH"
"2S 4H 6S 4D JH"]
["2S 4H 6S 4D JH"])))

(deftest highest-pair-wins
(is (f ["4S 2H 6S 2D JH"
"2S 4H 6C 4D JD"]
["2S 4H 6C 4D JD"])))

(deftest two-pairs-beats-one-pair
(is (f ["2S 8H 6S 8D JH"
"4S 5H 4C 8C 5C"]
["4S 5H 4C 8C 5C"])))

(deftest both-hands-have-two-pairs-highest-ranked-pair-wins
(is (f ["2S 8H 2D 8D 3H"
"4S 5H 4C 8S 5D"]
["2S 8H 2D 8D 3H"])))

(deftest both-hands-have-two-pairs-with-the-same-highest-ranked-pair-tie-goes-to-low-pair
(is (f ["2S QS 2C QD JH"
"JD QH JS 8D QC"]
["JD QH JS 8D QC"])))

(deftest both-hands-have-two-identically-ranked-pairs-tie-goes-to-remaining-card-kicker
(is (f ["JD QH JS 8D QC"
"JS QS JC 2D QD"]
["JD QH JS 8D QC"])))

(deftest three-of-a-kind-beats-two-pair
(is (f ["2S 8H 2H 8D JH"
"4S 5H 4C 8S 4H"]
["4S 5H 4C 8S 4H"])))

(deftest both-hands-have-three-of-a-kind-tie-goes-to-highest-ranked-triplet
(is (f ["2S 2H 2C 8D JH"

(deftest with-multiple-decks-two-players-can-have-same-three-of-a-kind-ties-go-to-highest-remaining-cards
(is (f ["4S AH AS 7C AD"

(deftest a-straight-beats-three-of-a-kind
(is (f ["4S 5H 4C 8D 4H"
"3S 4D 2S 6D 5C"]
["3S 4D 2S 6D 5C"])))

(deftest aces-can-end-a-straight-10-J-Q-K-A
(is (f ["4S 5H 4C 8D 4H"
"10D JH QS KD AC"]
["10D JH QS KD AC"])))

(deftest aces-can-start-a-straight-A-2-3-4-5
(is (f ["4S 5H 4C 8D 4H"
"4D AH 3S 2D 5C"]
["4D AH 3S 2D 5C"])))

(deftest both-hands-with-a-straight-tie-goes-to-highest-ranked-card
(is (f ["4S 6C 7S 8D 5H"
"5S 7H 8S 9D 6H"]
["5S 7H 8S 9D 6H"])))

(deftest even-though-an-ace-is-usually-high-a-5-high-straight-is-the-lowest-scoring-straight
(is (f ["2H 3C 4D 5D 6H"
"4S AH 3S 2D 5H"]
["2H 3C 4D 5D 6H"])))

(deftest flush-beats-a-straight
(is (f ["4C 6H 7D 8D 5H"
"2S 4S 5S 6S 7S"]
["2S 4S 5S 6S 7S"])))

(deftest both-hands-have-a-flush-tie-goes-to-high-card-down-to-the-last-one-if-necessary
(is (f ["4H 7H 8H 9H 6H"
"2S 4S 5S 6S 7S"]
["4H 7H 8H 9H 6H"])))

(deftest full-house-beats-a-flush
(is (f ["3H 6H 7H 8H 5H"
"4S 5H 4C 5D 4H"]
["4S 5H 4C 5D 4H"])))

(deftest both-hands-have-a-full-house-tie-goes-to-highest-ranked-triplet
(is (f ["4H 4S 4D 9S 9D"
"5H 5S 5D 8S 8D"]
["5H 5S 5D 8S 8D"])))

(deftest with-multiple-decks-both-hands-have-a-full-house-with-the-same-triplet-tie-goes-to-the-pair
(is (f ["5H 5S 5D 9S 9D"
"5H 5S 5D 8S 8D"]
["5H 5S 5D 9S 9D"])))

(deftest four-of-a-kind-beats-a-full-house
(is (f ["4S 5H 4D 5D 4H"
"3S 3H 2S 3D 3C"]
["3S 3H 2S 3D 3C"])))

(is (f ["2S 2H 2C 8D 2D"
"4S 5H 5S 5D 5C"]
["4S 5H 5S 5D 5C"])))

(deftest with-multiple-decks-both-hands-with-identical-four-of-a-kind-tie-determined-by-kicker
(is (f ["3S 3H 2S 3D 3C"
"3S 3H 4S 3D 3C"]
["3S 3H 4S 3D 3C"])))

(deftest straight-flush-beats-four-of-a-kind
(is (f ["4S 5H 5S 5D 5C"
"7S 8S 9S 6S 10S"]
["7S 8S 9S 6S 10S"])))

(deftest both-hands-have-straight-flush-tie-goes-to-highest-ranked-card
(is (f ["4H 6H 7H 8H 5H"
"5S 7S 8S 9S 6S"]
["5S 7S 8S 9S 6S"])))``````
``````(ns poker
(:require [clojure.string :refer [join split includes?]]))

(defn rank-face-card [ch]
(case ch
"1" "A"
"J" "B"
"Q" "C"
"K" "D"
"A" "E"
ch))

(defn just-ranks [hand]
(let [chrs (map
#(rank-face-card (subs % 0 1))
(split hand #" "))
freq (frequencies chrs)]
(reverse
(sort-by (juxt #(get freq %) identity) chrs))))

(defn rank-val [hand]
str
"0x"
(join (just-ranks hand)))))

(defn rank-frequencies [hand]
(-> hand
just-ranks
frequencies))

(defn single-pair? [freq]
(= 2 (apply max (vals freq))))

(defn two-pair? [freq]
(= 2 (count (filter #(= % 2) (vals freq)))))

(defn three-of-a-kind? [freq]
(= 3 (apply max (vals freq))))

(defn straight? [hand]
(let [nums (map #(read-string (apply str "0x" %)) (just-ranks hand))
first-card (first nums)
second-card (second nums)]
(or
(every? identity (map-indexed #(= %2 (- first-card %1)) nums))
(and (= 14 first-card)
(every?
identity
(map-indexed #(= %2 (- second-card %1)) (rest nums)))))))

(defn flush? [hand]
(apply = (re-seq #"[A-Z]" hand)))

(defn full-house? [freq]
(= '(2 3) (sort (vals freq))))

(defn four-of-a-kind? [freq]
(= 4 (apply max (vals freq))))

(defn poker-val [hand]
(let [freq (rank-frequencies hand)
straight (straight? hand)
flsh (flush? hand)]
(cond
(and flsh straight)     0x800000
(four-of-a-kind? freq)  0x700000
(full-house? freq)      0x600000
flsh                    0x500000
straight                0x400000
(three-of-a-kind? freq) 0x300000
(two-pair? freq)        0x200000
(single-pair? freq)     0x100000
:else 0)))

(defn numeric-val [hand]
(let [pv (poker-val hand)
rank (rank-val hand)
wheel? (and
(straight? hand)
(includes? hand "A")
(includes? hand "2"))
rv (if wheel? 1 rank)]
(+ rv pv)))

(defn best-hands [hands] ;; <- arglist goes here
(cond
(= 1 (.length hands)) hands
:else (let [numerics (reduce #(assoc %1 %2 (numeric-val %2)) {} hands)
top (apply max (vals numerics))]
(filter #(= top (get numerics %)) hands))))``````
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