poker card game revisited (code included)

flupke flupke at nonexistingdomain.com
Mon Jun 6 18:54:46 EDT 2005


Hi,

i've included the code so interested people can take a look.
I've tried to expand on the thread of 26/05/2005 on "Checking for a full 
house". Code is suboptimal as I coded it rather quickly.
I've added the "normal" classes one would expect from a cardgame: card, 
deck, hand etc.

1. I can detect most things except a straightflush. The problem with the 
code now is that it only returns 1 straight which is enough for mere 
"straight" detection but won't suffice for hand comparison and 
especially detecting straight flushes. For use in straight flush 
detection, the function would need to return all possible straights and 
then these would need to be checked to see if they are flushes.
For instance a list [4,4,5,5,6,7,8] yields 4 different straights.
A hand like [4,4,5,5,6,7,8,9] gets even worse.
I can't see how i can do this using sets, i'll need to come up with 
another method since the suit is important.

2. Hand comparison.
For this to succeed the getrank function would need to return the exact 
5 cards that represent the highest hand. This could be less than 5 cards 
if one uses wildcards. Then you not only have the correct rank but also 
the highest hand so you can compare in case there are ties.

3. x wild.
For games like "deuces wild", what would be the best way to manage 
those? I tought about removing them from a hand before shipping it of to 
the getrank function?

Any ideas?

Regards,
Benedict Verheyen

===================== CODE =====================
"""
Attempt for a poker cardgame representation
Benedict Verheyen
Code additions from web (http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/) and
newsgroup comp.lang.python esp. Raymond Hettinger
"""
import random

class Card(object):
     """
     Represents a single card
     2,3,4, ... 10, 11 for Jack, 12 for Queen,
     13 for King, 14 for Ace
     """
     suitList = ["Clubs", "Diamonds", "Hearts", "Spades"]
     rankList = [ "narf", "narf", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", 
"9", "10",
                 "Jack", "Queen", "King", "Ace"]

     def __init__(self, suit=0, rank=0):
         """
         Initialise a card
         @type suit: int
         @param suit: suit of the card (see suitList)
         @type rank: int
         @param rank: rank of the card (see rankList)
         """
         self.suit = suit
         self.rank = rank

     def __str__(self):
         """
         Pretty print a card
         """
         return self.rankList[self.rank] + " of " + self.suitList[self.suit]

     def __cmp__(self, other):
         """
         Compare 2 cards
         @type other: card
         @param other: the card to compare with
         """
         # check the suits
         if self.suit > other.suit: return 1
         if self.suit < other.suit: return -1
         # suits are the same... check ranks
         if self.rank > other.rank: return 1
         if self.rank < other.rank: return -1
         # ranks are the same... it's a tie
         return 0

class Deck(object):
     """
     Represents a deck of cards. We can have different decks of cards
     """
     DECK_NORMAL = 1     # 52 cards

     def __init__(self,decktype=DECK_NORMAL):
         """
         Makes a deck of cards
         @type decktype: type of deck
         @param decktype: what type of deck is it? (DECK_NORMAL,...)
         """
         self.cards = []
         for suit in range(4):
           for rank in range(2, 15):
             self.cards.append(Card(suit, rank))

     def printdeck(self):
         """
         Pretty print the deck
         """
         for card in self.cards:
           print card

     def __str__(self):
         """
         Pretty print the deck
         """
         s = ""
         for i in range(len(self.cards)):
             s = s + " "*i + str(self.cards[i]) + "\n"
         return s

     def sort(self,rank=True,suit=False):
         """
         Sort the deck
         """
         def sortonrank(x,y):
             if x.rank > y.rank: return 1
             if x.rank < y.rank: return -1
             return 0
         def sortonsuit(x,y):
             if x.suit > y.suit: return 1
             if x.suit < y.suit: return -1
             return 0
         def sortonboth(x,y):
             return cmp(x,y)

         if ( rank == True and suit == False):
             self.cards.sort(sortonrank)
         elif ( suit == True and rank == False ):
             self.cards.sort(sortonsuit)
         else:
             self.cards.sort(sortonboth) # roept sort van card op

     def shuffle(self,nshuffle=1):
         """
         Shuffle the deck of cards. This happens by swapping cards
         @type nshuffle: int
         @param nshuffle: how many times do we shuffle
         """
         import random
         nCards = len(self.cards)
         # swap cards on place i and j
         for shuffle in range(nshuffle):
             print " shuffle %s " % shuffle
             for i in range(nCards):
                 j = random.randrange(i, nCards)
                 [self.cards[i], self.cards[j]] = [self.cards[j], 
self.cards[i]]

     def removecard(self, card):
         """
         Removes a card from the deck. Do not use this function if you want
         to keep playing with the same deck afterwards!
         @type card: card
         @param card: card you want to remove
         """
         if card in self.cards:
             self.cards.remove(card)
             return 1
         else: return 0

     def removecardindex(self,index):
         """
         Remove a card at the given index. You get the card so you can
         return it to the deck later
         """
         if ( index >= 0 and index <= len(self) ):
             return self.cards.pop(index)

     def addcard(self,card):
         """
         Add the card back to the bottom of the deck
         @type card: card
         @param card: card you want to add to the deck
         """
         self.cards.append(card)

     def popcard(self):
         """
         Get the top card and deal it
         """
         return self.cards.pop()

     def isempty(self):
         """
         Is the deck empty?
         """
         return (len(self.cards) == 0)

     def deal(self, hands, ncards=999):
         """
         Deal a number of cards to the hands. ncards are dealt to each hand.
         @type hands: list
         @param hands: list of hands to deal to
         @type ncards: int
         @param ncards: number of cards to deal to each hand
         """
         nhands = len(hands)
         for hand in hands:
             for i in range(ncards):
                 if self.isempty(): break    # break if out of cards
                 card = self.popcard()       # take the top card
                 # hand = hands[i % nhands]    # whose turn is next?
                 hand.addcard(card)          # add the card to the hand
                 # print " deal card %s to %s " % (card,hand)

     def __len__(self):
         """
         How many cards are there in the deck?
         """
         return len(self.cards)


class Hand(Deck):
     """
     A hand is a kind of deck that contains cards
     """
     def __init__(self, name=""):
         """
         Make a hand of cards
         @type name: string
         @param name: hand belongs to person with this name
         """
         self.cards = []
         self.name = name

     """
     def addcard(self,card) :
         self.cards.append(card)
     """

     def __str__(self):
         """
         Pretty print the hand
         """
         s = "Hand " + self.name
         if self.isempty():
             s = s + " is empty\n"
         else:
             s = s + " contains\n"
         return s + Deck.__str__(self)


class CardGame(object):
     """
     A card game
     """
     def __init__(self):
         """
         Start a card game by taking a deck of cards and shuffling it
         """
         self.deck = Deck()
         self.deck.shuffle()

class Rank(object):
     def __init__(self,rnk,name):
         self.rnk = rnk
         self.name = name
     def __str__(self):
         return self.name

class HandComparator(object):
     pass

class HandEvaluator(object):
     RANK_NOTHING = Rank(1,"High card")
     RANK_PAIR = Rank(2,"Pair")
     RANK_DOUBLEPAIR = Rank(3,"Double Pair")
     RANK_THREEOFAKIND = Rank(4,"Three of a Kind")
     RANK_STRAIGHT = Rank(5,"Straight")
     RANK_FLUSH = Rank(6,"Flush")
     RANK_FULLHOUSE = Rank(7,"Full House")
     RANK_FOUROFAKIND = Rank(8,"Four of a Kind")
     RANK_STRAIGHTFLUSH = Rank(9,"Straight Flush")
     RANK_FIVEOFAKIND = Rank(10,"Five of a Kind")

     def __init__(self):
         print "Ready to evaluate hands"

     def is_straight(self,hand,numwildcards=0):
         """Checks for a five card straight

         Inputs: list of non-wildcards plus wildcard count
             2,3,4, ... 10, 11 for Jack, 12 for Queen,
             13 for King, 14 for Ace
             Hand can be any length (i.e. it works for seven card games).

         Outputs:  highest card in a five card straight
                   or 0 if not a straight.
             Original list is not mutated.
             Ace can also be a low card (i.e. A2345).

         >>> is_straight([14,2,3,4,5])
         5
         >>> is_straight([14,2,3,4,6])
         0
         >>> is_straight([10,11,12,13,14])
         14
         >>> is_straight([2,3,5], 2)
         6
         >>> is_straight([], 5)
         14
         >>> is_straight([2,4,6,8,10], 3)
         12
         >>> is_straight([2,4,4,5,5], 2)
         6
         """
         hand = set(hand)
         if 14 in hand:
             hand.add(1)
         for low in (10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1):
             needed = set(range(low, low+5))
             if len(needed & hand) + numwildcards >= 5:
                 lhand = [x for x in hand]
                 ind = lhand.index(low+4)
                 str = lhand[ind-4:ind+1]
                 return low+4
         return -1

     def is_group(self,hand,numwildcards=0):
         """Checks for pairs, threes-of-kind, fours-of-a-kind,
            and fives-of-a-kind

         Inputs: list of non-wildcards plus wildcard count
             2,3,4, ... 10, 11 for Jack, 12 for Queen,
             13 for King, 14 for Ace
             Hand can be any length (i.e. it works for seven card games)
         Output: tuple with counts for each value (high cards first)
             for example (3, 14), (2, 11)  full-house Aces over Jacks
             for example (2, 9), (2, 7)    two-pair Nines and Sevens
         Maximum count is limited to five (there is no seven of a kind).
         Original list is not mutated.

         >>> groups([11,14,11,14,14])
         [(3, 14), (2, 11)]
         >>> groups([7, 9, 10, 9, 7])
         [(2, 9), (2, 7)]
         >>> groups([11,14,11,14], 1)
         [(3, 14), (2, 11)]
         >>> groups([9,9,9,9,8], 2)
         [(5, 9), (2, 8)]
         >>> groups([], 7)
         [(5, 14), (2, 13)]
         """
         result = []
         counts = [(hand.count(v), v) for v in range(2,15)]
         for count, value in sorted(counts, reverse=True):
             newcount = min(5, count + numwildcards) # Add wildcards 
upto five
             numwildcards -= newcount - count        # Wildcards remaining
             if newcount > 1:
                 result.append((newcount, value))
         return result

     def is_flush(self,hand,numwildcards=0):
         result = []
         counts = [(hand.count(v), v) for v in range(0,4)]
         for count, suit in sorted(counts, reverse=True):
             newcount = min(5, count + numwildcards) # Add wildcards 
upto five
             numwildcards -= newcount - count        # Wildcards remaining
             if newcount >= 5:
                 # we have a flush, return the flush suit
                 # result.append((newcount, value))
                 return suit
         return -1

     def is_straightflush(self,hand,numwildcards=0):
         return -1

     def getrank(self,hand,numwildcards=0):
         result_group = None
         result_straight = None
         result_flush = None
         result_sf = None
         nrofresult = 0
         rank = None

         cardranks = [card.rank for card in hand.cards]
         cardsuits = [card.suit for card in hand.cards]

         # check for groups
         result_group = self.is_group(cardranks,numwildcards)
         rank = self.__rankgroup(result_group)

         # if rank is lower than a four of a kind, a straight flush is
         # still better
         """
         if (rank[0] < HandEvaluator.RANK_FIVEOFAKIND):
             result_sf = is_straightflush(hand
         """

         # if rank is lower than a fullhouse, a flush might be higher
         if (rank[0] < HandEvaluator.RANK_FULLHOUSE):
             result_flush = self.is_flush(cardsuits,numwildcards)
             if ( result_flush > -1 ):
                 return self.__rankflush(result_flush)

         # if rank is lower than a straight, it's useful to check for a
         # straight
         if (rank[0] < HandEvaluator.RANK_STRAIGHT):
             result_straight = self.is_straight(cardranks,numwildcards)
             if ( result_straight > -1 ):
                 return self.__rankstraight(result_straight)

         # return the rank
         return rank

     def __namerank(self,rank):
         return Card.rankList[rank]

     def __namesuit(self,suit):
         return Card.suitList[suit]

     def __rankgroup(self,group):
         pair = 0
         trips = 0
         ranks = []

         if (len(group) == 0 ): return (HandEvaluator.RANK_NOTHING,ranks)

         for count,rank in group:
             ranks.append(self.__namerank(rank))
             if ( count >= 5 ):
                 return (HandEvaluator.RANK_FIVEOFAKIND,ranks)
             elif ( count == 4 ):
                 return (HandEvaluator.RANK_FOUROFAKIND,ranks)
             elif ( count == 3 ):
                 trips += 1
             elif ( count == 2 ): # can lead to a double pair
                 # check to see if we have a next pair
                 pair += 1

         # Full house?
         if ( trips >= 2 ): return (HandEvaluator.RANK_FULLHOUSE,ranks)
         if ( trips == 1 and pair >= 1 ): return 
(HandEvaluator.RANK_FULLHOUSE,ranks)

         # Trips
         if ( trips >= 1 ): return (HandEvaluator.RANK_THREEOFAKIND,ranks)

         # Check for a pair or a double pair
         if ( pair >= 2 ):
             return (HandEvaluator.RANK_DOUBLEPAIR,ranks)
         elif ( pair == 1 ):
             return (HandEvaluator.RANK_PAIR,ranks)

     def __rankflush(self,suit):
         ranks = []
         ranks.append(self.__namesuit(suit))
         return (HandEvaluator.RANK_FLUSH,ranks)

     def __rankstraight(self,highcard):
         ranks = []
         ranks.append(self.__namerank(highcard))
         return (HandEvaluator.RANK_STRAIGHT,ranks)

     def getprintablerank(self,handeval):
         rank = handeval[0]
         cards = handeval[1]
         what = ""
         if ( rank == HandEvaluator.RANK_PAIR or
              rank == HandEvaluator.RANK_THREEOFAKIND or
              rank == HandEvaluator.RANK_FOUROFAKIND or
              rank == HandEvaluator.RANK_FIVEOFAKIND ):
             what = "%s of %s's " % (rank, cards[0])
         elif ( rank == HandEvaluator.RANK_FULLHOUSE ):
             what = "%s, %s's over %s's" % (rank, cards[0], cards[1])
         elif ( rank == HandEvaluator.RANK_DOUBLEPAIR ):
             what = "%s, %s's and %s's" % (rank, cards[0], cards[1])
         elif ( rank == HandEvaluator.RANK_NOTHING ):
             what = "%s" % rank
         elif ( rank == HandEvaluator.RANK_STRAIGHT ):
             what = "%s, %s high" % (rank,cards[0])
         elif ( rank == HandEvaluator.RANK_FLUSH ):
             what = "%s of %s" % (rank,cards[0])
         return what

if __name__ == "__main__":

     # Deal to 5 players, first 3 cards, then 1 and another 3
     todeal = []
     for hnd in range(0,5):
         todeal.append(Hand("Player %s" % (hnd + 1) ))

     d = Deck()
     d.shuffle(3)
     print " Dealing 2 cards to all players "
     d.deal(todeal,3)
     print " Dealing 1 cards to all players "
     d.deal(todeal,1)
     print " Dealing 2 cards to all players "
     d.deal(todeal,3)

     print " What are the hands of the players "
     ev = HandEvaluator()
     for hand in todeal:
         print "%s" % hand
         rank = ev.getrank(hand)
         print "%s" % ev.getprintablerank(rank)
         print "*"*40
     print " What's left in the deck?"
     print "%s" % d
     print " %s cards left in the deck " % len(d)



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