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 = ; 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; /*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