PokerFormationChecker 1.0.4

GenericPokerFormationChecker

A class that can identify poker hands, for .NET 6.0.

Install version 1.0.3 from NuGet:

Install-Package PokerFormationChecker

Example code:

using System;
using Winsoft.Gaming.GenericPokerFormationChecker;

namespace ConsoleApplication1;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        //Create a formation checker. Add five cards as string.
        var fm = new FormationChecker("HRT02, SPD03, HRT04, DMN05, CLB06"); //Input. Exception if string contains errors.

        //This will give true the formation is expressed correctly.
        fm.CheckFormation();

        //What is it?
        Console.WriteLine(fm.ToString()); //Output
    }
}

Input in example above:

HRT02, SPD03, HRT04, DMN05, CLB06

Output from example above:

FORMATION=STRAIGHT,SCORE=0420,HAND=HRT02*-SPD03*-HRT04*-DMN05*-CLB06*

Star (*) denotes that the card is included in a formation.

Sample input 2:

CLB06, SPD03, DMN07, DMN05, HRT06

Output from sample input 2:

FORMATION=PAIR,SCORE=0112,HAND=SPD03-DMN05-HRT06*-CLB06*-DMN07

Sample input 3:

SPD08, SPD09, DMN08, DMN09, CLB08

Output from sample input 3:

FORMATION=FULL-HOUSE,SCORE=0642,HAND=DMN08*-CLB08*-SPD08*-DMN09*-SPD09*

Sample input 3:

HRTAC, SPDAC, DMNAC, DMNKN, CLBAC

Output from sample input 3:

FORMATION=4-OF-A-KIND,SCORE=0756,HAND=DMNKN-HRTAC*-DMNAC*-CLBAC*-SPDAC*

Sample input 4:

HRTAC, SPDKN, DMN10, DMNKI, CLBQU

Output from sample input 4:

FORMATION=STRAIGHT,SCORE=0460,HAND=DMN10*-SPDKN*-CLBQU*-DMNKI*-HRTAC*

Sample input 5:

DMN02, DMNKN, CLBAC, HRT05, CLB09

Output from sample input 6:

FORMATION=NOTHING,SCORE=0014,HAND=DMN02-HRT05-CLB09-DMNKN-CLBAC*

Only one present star (*) denotes that no formation was found, and the hand score is equal to the score of the card with the highest score.