Thread: 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;         
        }  
    }
}

--- Update ---

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

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.

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

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

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.

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