/// <summary>
/// The method sort the card in the hand by suit and in ascending order per suit type.
/// </summary>
public void Sort()
{
int counter = 0;
for (int i = 0; i <= 3; i++)
{
List <Card> suit = cards.Where(card => card.Suit == (Suit)i).ToList();
CardsEvaluator.ArrageCardsFacevalue(suit);
foreach (Card card in suit)
{
cards.Remove(card);
}
for (int c = 0; c < suit.Count; c++)
{
cards.Insert(counter, suit[c]);
counter += 1;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The method returns the list of card in the straight combo.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public List <Card> GetStraightCards()
{
List <int> comboList = GroupCardsSuit(cards);
List <Card> comboCards = new List <Card>();
foreach (int i in comboList)
{
List <Card> cardsList = cards.Where(c => c.Suit == (Suit)i).ToList();
CardsEvaluator.ArrageCardsFacevalue(cardsList);
if (CardsEvaluator.Straight(cardsList))
{
foreach (Card card in cardsList)
{
comboCards.Add(card);
cards.Remove(card);
}
}
}
return(comboCards);
}
/// <summary>
/// Method selects what card to dump. This is for the computer player mostly or if the human
/// player went "time'up".
/// </summary>
/// <param name="deck"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public Card CardToDump(Deck deck)
{
Card cardToDiscard;
List <Card> cardsToKeep = new List <Card>();
List <Card> cardsToDiscard = new List <Card>();
//Checks for 2 of a kind card,puts the card in the card to keep list
for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++)
{
if (cards.Where(c => c.FaceValue == (FaceValue)i).ToList().Count == 2)
{
cards.Where(c => c.FaceValue == (FaceValue)i).ToList().ForEach(c => cardsToKeep.Add(c));
}
}
//Checks for cards that can possible form straight combo, puts the card in the card to keep list
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
List <Card> cardsStraight = new List <Card>();
if (cards.Where(c => c.Suit == (Suit)i).ToList().Count >= 2)
{
cards.Where(c => c.Suit == (Suit)i).ToList().ForEach(c => cardsStraight.Add(c));
}
CardsEvaluator.ArrageCardsFacevalue(cardsStraight);
if (cardsStraight.Count > 0)
{
for (int d = 0; d < cardsStraight.Count; d++)
{
if (d == 0)
{
if (cardsStraight[d].FaceValue + 2 == cardsStraight[d + 1].FaceValue)
{
cardsToKeep.Add(cardsStraight[d]);
}
}
else if (d == cardsStraight.Count - 1)
{
if (cardsStraight[d].FaceValue - 2 == cardsStraight[d - 1].FaceValue)
{
cardsToKeep.Add(cardsStraight[d]);
}
}
else
if (cardsStraight[d].FaceValue + 2 == cardsStraight[d + 1].FaceValue || cardsStraight[d].FaceValue - 2 == cardsStraight[d - 1].FaceValue)
{
cardsToKeep.Add(cardsStraight[d]);
}
}
}
}
//puts cards in the hand that are not in the cards to keep list to the discard list
cards.Where(c => !cardsToKeep.Contains(c)).ToList().ForEach(c => cardsToDiscard.Add(c));
//arrange card by facevalue points, if the deck has 6 cards remaining or there is no card in the discard list , it will return the highest valued card,
//otherwise,it will return the highest valued card in the discard list
CardsEvaluator.ArrageCardsFacevalue(cardsToDiscard);
if (cardsToDiscard.Count == 0 || deck.Count <= 6)
{
CardsEvaluator.ArrageCardsFacevalue(cards);
return(cardToDiscard = cards.Last());
}
return(cardToDiscard = cardsToDiscard.Last());
}