0.2.0 • Published 7 years ago
hand-ranker v0.2.0
hand-ranker
Returns the best possible 5-card poker hand from an array of N >= 5 cards.
installation
npm install hand-ranker
usage
A card is represented by an object with properties 's' and 'v', where 's' describes the suit (s = spade, h = heart, c = club, d = diamond) and 'v' describes the value (1 = ace, 13 = king).
bestHand(cards)
- returns a results object with the best 5-card hand (sorted), a string describing the hand, an integer hand value (0 = high card, 8 = straight flush)
var ranker = require('hand-ranker');
var cards = [
{ s: 's', v: 10 },
{ s: 'c', v: 1 },
{ s: 's', v: 13 },
{ s: 's', v: 1 },
{ s: 'd', v: 1 },
{ s: 's', v: 12 },
{ s: 's', v: 11 }
];
var result = ranker.bestHand(cards);
/*
result:
{
hand: [
{ s: 's', v: 10 },
{ s: 's', v: 11 },
{ s: 's', v: 12 },
{ s: 's', v: 13 },
{ s: 's', v: 1 }
],
type: 'straight flush',
val: 8
}
*/
license
MIT