Aziz Zafar

exercise.main/Core.cs

@@ -1,32 +1,76 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Reflection;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace exercise.main
 {
     public class Core
     {
-
-
-        //TODO: complete the following method, keeping the signature the same
         public bool winningPair(IEnumerable<Tuple<string, string>> hand, out Tuple<string, string> result)
         {
-            result = new Tuple<string,string>(string.Empty, string.Empty);
-
+            result = new Tuple<string, string>(string.Empty, string.Empty);
 
-
+            if (hand == null || !hand.Any())
+                return false;
 
-
+            Dictionary<string, int> cardCounts = new Dictionary<string, int>();
+            List<Tuple<string, string>> winningPairs = new List<Tuple<string, string>>();
 
-            return result.Item1!=string.Empty ? true : false;
+            foreach (var card in hand)
+            {
+                string cardValue1 = card.Item1;
+                string cardValue2 = card.Item2;
+
+                // Check for a winning pair with cardValue1
+                if (cardCounts.ContainsKey(cardValue1))
+                {
+                    cardCounts[cardValue1]++;
+                    if (cardCounts[cardValue1] == 2)
+                    {
+                        winningPairs.Add(card);
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    cardCounts[cardValue1] = 1;
+                }
+
+                // Check for a winning pair with cardValue2
+                if (cardCounts.ContainsKey(cardValue2))
+                {
+                    cardCounts[cardValue2]++;
+                    if (cardCounts[cardValue2] == 2)
+                    {
+                        winningPairs.Add(card);
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    cardCounts[cardValue2] = 1;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (winningPairs.Any())
+            {
+                // Find the pair with the highest value
+                result = winningPairs.OrderByDescending(pair => GetValueOfCard(pair.Item1)).First();
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            return false;
         }
+
         public int GetValueOfCard(string card)
         {
-            return  0;           
+            Dictionary<string, int> cardValues = new Dictionary<string, int>
+            {
+                {"2", 2}, {"3", 3}, {"4", 4}, {"5", 5},
+                {"6", 6}, {"7", 7}, {"8", 8}, {"9", 9},
+                {"10", 10}, {"J", 11}, {"Q", 12}, {"K", 13}, {"A", 14}
+            };
+
+            // Use the TryGetValue method to get the value of the card
+            return cardValues.TryGetValue(card, out int value) ? value : 0;
         }
     }
 }

exercise.main/Extension.cs

@@ -1,20 +1,42 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace exercise.main
 {
     public class Extension
     {
         //TODO: complete the following method, keeping the signature the same
-        public bool winningThree(IEnumerable<Tuple<string, string, string>> hand, out Tuple<string, string, string> result)
+        public bool WinningThree(IEnumerable<Tuple<string, string, string>> hand, out Tuple<string, string, string> result)
         {
             result = new Tuple<string, string, string>(string.Empty, string.Empty, string.Empty);
 
+            // Dictionary to store the count of each card value
+            Dictionary<string, int> cardCounts = new Dictionary<string, int>();
+
+            // Iterate through the hand and count occurrences of each card value
+            foreach (var card in hand)
+            {
+                string cardValue = card.Item1;
+                if (cardCounts.ContainsKey(cardValue))
+                {
+                    cardCounts[cardValue]++;
+                    // Check for a winning triplet
+                    if (cardCounts[cardValue] == 3)
+                    {
+                        result = card;
+                        Console.WriteLine($"Found a winning triplet: {card.Item1} {card.Item2} {card.Item3}");
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    cardCounts[cardValue] = 1;
+                }
+            }
+
+            Console.WriteLine("No winning triplet found.");
             return false;
         }
-
     }
 }

exercise.tests/CoreTests.cs

@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ public void Scenario1b()
     [Test]
     public void Scenario2()
     {
-
-
         Core core = new Core();
 
         List<Tuple<string, string>> hand = new List<Tuple<string, string>>