What sequence means and give me some suggestions

[brad sue]

Hi, please can someone help me with this.

I want to write a function sequence in C that returns 1 when a set of 5 cards appear in sequence ; 0 if not.

I don't understand very well what to do here.

the sequence is 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,jack,queen,king, with ace considered as either before 2 or after king as needed

For example the set of cards( given as follow):

two of diamonds
four of clubs
six of hearts
three of hearts
five of spades

must have sequence =1;

but for the set of cards:

two of spades
king of spades
ace of clubs
three of diamonds
five of hearts

must have sequnce =0

I give this second example since I do not understand why the sequence is 0 here.

Can someone explain me what sequence means and give me some suggestions to write the function called sequence??
Please do not use structure

Thank you for your time.
B

 

[-Job-]

A sequence would be a straight in Poker terminology. Meaning 5 cards whose values are one after the other. The first set is 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, a sequence, so you return 1. The second set is A, 2, 3, 5, K, not a sequence, so you return a 0. What you are returning is a boolean value. A 1 is a boolean value signifying "true", and 0 is boolean for "false".
The assignment seems pretty straightforward.

 

[ravenprp]

Hi there,

Sequence in this context refers to a consecutive order of numbers or objects. In this case, we are looking for a sequence of numbers in a set of cards.

To write a function in C that can determine if a set of cards has a sequence, we can use the following steps:

1. Define a function called sequence that takes in an array of cards as a parameter.

2. Inside the function, we can use a loop to iterate through the array of cards.

3. Create a variable that keeps track of the previous card's value. This will help us determine if the current card is in sequence with the previous one.

4. Use a switch statement to check the value of each card. Since ace can be considered as either before 2 or after king, we can handle this case by checking if the current card is an ace and if the previous card is a 2 or king.

5. If the current card is in sequence with the previous one, update the previous card's value to the current one.

6. If the current card is not in sequence with the previous one, return 0 (meaning there is no sequence).

7. After the loop, if all the cards were in sequence, return 1.

Some suggestions for writing the function could be to break down the problem into smaller steps, test your code with different sets of cards, and use comments to explain your thought process. Also, make sure to handle edge cases such as when the set of cards is empty or if there are duplicate cards.

I hope this helps! Good luck with your code.