Feature #1: Hand of Straights
Explore the problem of forming a hand of straights in a Poker variation where groups of sequential cards depend on a dice roll value. Learn to implement an algorithm that checks if cards can be grouped accordingly, practicing sorting, hash maps, and complexity analysis to prepare for coding interviews.
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Description
For the first feature, we will be working on a variation of Poker. In traditional poker, players form sets of five playing cards, called hands. This feature is concerned with a hand of Straights. Traditionally, a hand of straight is formed by five cards of sequential ranks, such as 9♣, 8♠, 7♠, 6♥, and 5♥. However, in our variation of Poker, a number will be determined by rolling a dice 🎲. Then, a hand of straights is only possible if sets of cards can be formed using all of the cards in the hand. Each group will consist of cards of sequential rank.
If the dice rolls a 1, we roll it again. Therefore, you can assume that ...