From e179d71d413099fb938aa005962aa79ac35589bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Donald Calloway <donaldcalloway@hey.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:14:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add melds method to class Hand; added find_sets and find_runs
 functions

---
 Gin_Rummy_Card_Game.py | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Gin_Rummy_Card_Game.py b/Gin_Rummy_Card_Game.py
index 598ca63..dd49d7a 100644
--- a/Gin_Rummy_Card_Game.py
+++ b/Gin_Rummy_Card_Game.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import random   
+import random 
+from collections import defaultdict
+  
 
+RANK_ORDER = {str(n): n for n in range(2, 11)}
+RANK_ORDER.update({"A": 1, "J": 11, "Q": 12, "K": 13})
 class Card:
     suits = ['♠', '♥', '♦', '♣']
     ranks = list(range(1, 11)) + ['J', 'Q', 'K']
-    RANK_ORDER = {str(n): n for n in range(2, 11)}
-    RANK_ORDER.update({"A": 1, "J": 11, "Q": 12, "K": 13})
     
     def __init__(self, rank, suit):
         self.rank = rank
@@ -49,6 +51,9 @@ class Hand:
 
     def remove(self, card):
         self.cards.remove(card)
+        
+    def melds(self):
+        return find_sets(self.cards) + find_runs(self.cards)
 
     def deadwood_points(self):
         return sum(c.value for c in self.cards)  # placeholder
@@ -94,7 +99,41 @@ class Game:
         for p in self.players:
             print(p.name, p.hand)
 
-    
+
+# Function to detect sets
+def find_sets(cards):
+    groups = defaultdict(list)
+    for c in cards:
+        groups[c.rank].append(c)
+    return [group for group in groups.values() if len(group) >= 3]
+
+
+# Function to detect runs
+def find_runs(cards):
+    runs = []
+    # group by suit
+    suits = defaultdict(list)
+    for c in cards:
+        suits[c.suit].append(c)
+
+    for suit, suited_cards in suits.items():
+        # sort by rank order
+        sorted_cards = sorted(suited_cards, key=lambda c: RANK_ORDER[str(c.rank)])
+        # scan for consecutive sequences
+        temp = [sorted_cards[0]]
+        for i in range(1, len(sorted_cards)):
+            prev = RANK_ORDER[str(sorted_cards[i-1].rank)]
+            curr = RANK_ORDER[str(sorted_cards[i].rank)]
+            if curr == prev + 1:
+                temp.append(sorted_cards[i])
+            else:
+                if len(temp) >= 3:
+                    runs.append(temp)
+                temp = [sorted_cards[i]]
+        if len(temp) >= 3:
+            runs.append(temp)
+    return runs
+  
 
 
     
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