private static int strongestHand(Player currPlayer)
{
//Iterates through every card from the players hand and marks which cards the player has
foreach (string card in currPlayer.pokerHand)
{
if (ReadCheckHand.readCard(currPlayer, card))
{
return(0);
}
}
//Iterates through every card from the community cards and marks which cards the player has
foreach (string card in currPlayer.tableHand)
{
if (ReadCheckHand.readCard(currPlayer, card))
{
return(-1);
}
}
//Finds all poker hands the player has
ReadCheckHand.checkHand(currPlayer);
//Gives a weight to determine the strength of a poker hand. Based on the poker hand and the highest value for that hand.
//E.g. A pair 8 will have a weight of 36. -> (140 - 14*8 + 8).
//The weight decreases by 14 to prevent a weaker poker hand from having a higher value then a stronger poker hand
//E.g. A pair of Aces has a weight of 42(140 - 14*8 + 14), while 2 pairs of 2's is 44(140 - 14*7 + 2).
int weight = 140;
foreach (KeyValuePair <string, int> hand in currPlayer.handTable)
{
if (hand.Value > 0)
{
currPlayer.strongestHandWeight = hand.Value + weight;
return(hand.Value + weight);
}
weight -= 14;
}
return(weight);
}
//Call this method with the parameter being the input with all cards and players as a string in the proper format.
//Will return a list of winners as a string[]. If there's an error, it will return the error message as a string[] at position [0].
public static string[] findPokerWinner(string input)
{
string[] read = InputOutput.readInput(input);
List <String> winnersList = new List <String>();
if (read.Length != 1)
{
List <Player> players = ReadCheckHand.createPlayerList(read);
winnersList = InputOutput.callAddOn(players);
int index = 0; read = new string[winnersList.Count];
foreach (string player in winnersList)
{
read[index++] = player;
}
if (printResults)
{
foreach (Player person in players)
{
TestMethods.printPlayerTables(person);
}
}
}
return(read);
}
