Studying Blackjack (#151)

[bbazzarrakk]

On Jan 6, 2008, at 9:42 AM, Sander L. wrote:

class Array
def score
sort.inject(0){|s,c| s+c > 21 && c==11 ? s+1 : s+c }
end
end

That has the some bug Eric found in Dennis’s code:

[10, 11, 11].score
=> 22

unless ARGV[0]
(2…11).each{|n| puts ruby1.9 #{__FILE__} #{n}}
exit
end

Clever trick. I like that.

James Edward G. II

[bbazzarrakk]

On Jan 9, 2008, at 5:52 PM, Sander L. wrote:

[10, 11, 11].score
=> 22

Thanks. I should have thought of this considering Dennis’ results
matched mine.
Here’s my corrected solution. I renamed the ace to “1” for a more
elegant solution.

Neat. Just know that I wrote tomorrow’s summary before you did
this.

James Edward G. II

[bbazzarrakk]

On Jan 9, 2008 9:10 PM, James G. [email protected] wrote:

[10, 11, 11].score
=> 22

Thanks. I should have thought of this considering Dennis’ results
matched mine.
Here’s my corrected solution. I renamed the ace to “1” for a more
elegant solution.

class Array
def score
(s=inject(:+)) <= 11 && index(1) ? s+10 : s
end
end

unless ARGV[0]
(1…10).each{|n| puts ruby1.9 #{__FILE__} #{n}}
exit
end

puts “upcard: #{upcard = ARGV[0].to_i}”
NDECKS = (ARGV[1]||2).to_i
CARDS = (((1…10).to_a+[10]*3)4NDECKS).tap{|c| c.delete_at
c.index(upcard)}

score_count = [0]*27
cards = []
N=(ARGV[2]||1_000_000).to_i
N.times{
cards = CARDS.dup.shuffle if cards.size < 17
dealer = [upcard]
dealer << cards.pop while dealer.score < 17
score_count[dealer.score] += 1
}

puts %w[17 18 19 20 21 bust].join(’ ')
puts (score_count[17…21] << score_count[22…-1].inject(:+)).map{|x|
'%-4.1f%% ’ % (100.0*x / N )}.join

Results match Eric’s results now.

upcard: 1
17 18 19 20 21 bust
12.8% 13.1% 13.0% 13.1% 36.3% 11.6%
upcard: 2
17 18 19 20 21 bust
14.0% 13.4% 13.1% 12.3% 11.9% 35.3%
upcard: 3
17 18 19 20 21 bust
13.3% 13.2% 12.5% 12.2% 11.5% 37.3%
upcard: 4
17 18 19 20 21 bust
13.1% 12.1% 12.1% 11.6% 11.3% 39.8%
upcard: 5
17 18 19 20 21 bust
12.2% 12.3% 11.7% 10.8% 10.7% 42.2%
upcard: 6
17 18 19 20 21 bust
16.6% 10.7% 10.7% 10.1% 9.8 % 42.1%
upcard: 7
17 18 19 20 21 bust
36.9% 13.9% 7.8 % 7.9 % 7.4 % 26.0%
upcard: 8
17 18 19 20 21 bust
12.9% 36.0% 12.9% 6.9 % 7.0 % 24.3%
upcard: 9
17 18 19 20 21 bust
12.1% 11.2% 35.3% 12.1% 6.1 % 23.1%
upcard: 10
17 18 19 20 21 bust
11.2% 11.2% 11.3% 33.6% 11.3% 21.3%