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    Default Urgent help needed (again)

    Project is due before midnight eastern time (3 more hours). I have been working on this all day, we have not learned arrays or anything and just started 'for' loops. I don't really know how to implement that system yet. However, he wants us to check all the possible handwritten math ways of doing this. I have tried but I cannot return my numbers beside the card. I will post the question below, my program only prints the type and I still have more cases to add as well.. Meanwhile I am going to try and teach myself arrays, but he will probably think i am cheating and fail the grade for that..Appreciate your guys opinions and help. I was trying to set up a new function or method and have it print a string for the numbers but I realized I can't do that either...Lost..

    QUESTION: Write a Java program that reads 5 integers, each of which is in the range of 1 and 13 representing a simplified poker card with no suit. Your program should then print the ranking of the hand with card number(s) beside the ranking. The rankings to determine are Four of a Kind(4 of the 5 cards of the same rank), Full House(3 of the 5 cards of the same rank, and 2 cards of another rank), Straight(5 cards of sequential rank), Three of a Kind(only 3 cards of the same rank), Two Pair(2 cards of the same rank, 2 cards of another rank, and no card of either rank), One Pair(only 2 of 5 cards are of the same rank), and High Card(no two cards of the same rank). Some sample runs are:



    input: 2, 3, 2, 2, 2; output: Four of a Kind(2)

    input: 2, 3, 2, 3, 2; output: Full House(2, 3)

    input: 2, 3, 4, 5, 1; output: Straight(5)

    input: 1, 13, 11, 10, 12; output: Straight(1)

    input: 2, 3, 2, 2, 4; output: Three of a Kind(2)

    input: 1, 9, 8, 9, 1; output: Two Pair(1, 9)

    input: 2, 9, 8, 9, 2; output: Two Pair(9, 2)

    input: 3, 9, 8, 9, 1; output: One Pair(9)

    input: 2, 10, 7, 12, 5; output: High Card(12)

    input: 2, 1, 7, 12, 5; output: High Card(1)

     import java.util.Scanner; 
    public class Hw6 {
     
        static int getCard(int c1, int c2, int c3, int c4, int c5){
     
            if (c1 > c2) { 
                int t = c1;
                c1 = c2;
                c2 = t;
            }
            if (c2 > c3) {
                int t = c2;
                c2 = c3;
                c3 = t;
            }
            if (c3 > c4) {
                int t = c3;
                c3 = c4;
                c4 = t;
            }
            if (c4 > c5) {
                int t = c4;
                c4 = c5;
                c5 = t;
            }
            if (c1 > c2) {
                int t = c1;
                c1 = c2;
                c2 = t;
            }
            if (c2 > c3) {
                int t = c2;
                c2 = c3;
                c3 = t;
            }
            if (c3 > c4) {
                int t = c3;
                c3 = c4;
                c4 = t;
            }
            if (c1 > c2) {
                int t = c1;
                c1 = c2;
                c2 = t;
            }
            if (c2 > c3) {
                int t = c2;
                c2 = c3;
                c3 = t;
            }
            if (c1 > c2) {
                int t = c1;
                c1 = c2;
                c2 = t;
            }
     
            System.out.println(c1+", "+c2+", "+c3+", "+c4+", "+c5);
     
            if (c1 == c2 && c2 == c3 && c3 == c4 || c2 == c3 && c3 == c4 && c4 == c5)
                return 1; //four of a kind
     
            else if (c1 == c2 && c2 == c3 && c4 == c5 || c1 == c2 && c3 == c4 && c4 == c5)
                return 2; //full house
     
            else if (c2-c1 == 1 && c3-c2 == 1 && c4-c3 == 1 && c5-c4 == 1 || c2-c1 == 1 && c3-c2 == 1 && c4-c3 == 1 && c5-c4 != 1)
                return 3; //straight     
     
            else if (c1 == c2 && c2 == c3 && c4 != c5 || c1 != c2 && c3 == c4 && c4 == c5) 
                return 4; //three of a kind
     
            else if (c2 == c3 && c4 == c5 || c1 == c2 && c4 == c4)
                return 5; //two pair
     
            else if (c1 == c2 || c2 == c3 || c3 == c4 || c4 == c5)
                return 6; //one pair
     
            else  
                return 7; //high card
        }
     
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
            String s1,s2,s3,s4,s5;
            int c1,c2,c3,c4,c5;
            int card;
     
            System.out.print("Enter 1st card number(1-13): ");
            c1 = in.nextInt();
            System.out.print("Enter 2nd card number(1-13): ");
            c2 = in.nextInt();
            System.out.print("Enter 3rd card number(1-13): ");
            c3 = in.nextInt();
            System.out.print("Enter 4th card number(1-13): ");
            c4 = in.nextInt();
            System.out.print("Enter 5th card number(1-13): ");
            c5 = in.nextInt();
     
            card = getCard(c1,c2,c3,c4,c5);
     
            switch (card)
     
                case 1:
                    System.out.println("Four of a kind");
                    break;
                case 2:
                    System.out.println("Full House");
                    break;
                case 3:
                    System.out.println("Straight");
                    break;
                case 4:
                    System.out.println("Three of a Kind");
                    break;
                case 5:
                    System.out.println("Two Pair");
                    break;
                case 6:
                    System.out.println("One Pair");
                    break;    
                case 7:
                    System.out.println("High Card");
                    break;         
            }  
        }
    }


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    Bump, any ideas are now being taken into consideration..Anything at all.


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    Default Re: Urgent help needed (again)

    My advice would be set aside a method for each case. For example do a method for checking if the cards are a straight, do another method checking if they are full house.. so on so forth. It will help keep your code much more organized and easier to debug later if needed.

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    Default Re: Urgent help needed (again)

    Will do, but the main issue is returning the numbers along side the type of hand.

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    Default Re: Urgent help needed (again)

    if you make it into a method than you can convert the two numbers into a string and return the String. Instead of returning two numbers

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    Default Re: Urgent help needed (again)

    I will give that a quick go, thanks for the advice, but I didnt think I could even implement a way to return the numbers to a switch case anyways. A tutor at my school told me that it was impossible but then again who knows..I am really starting to wonder what I am being told..Lol. Appreciate it.

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    Default Re: Urgent help needed (again)

    You waited too long to ask for help. Give yourself more time, ask for help when you need it.

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