From 5f6de61a08134fdd5e0c3fde245dd1978134a738 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cody Boone Ferguson <53008573+xexyl@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 09:56:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Format fix 2004/burley/README.md --- 2004/burley/README.md | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/2004/burley/README.md b/2004/burley/README.md index ffacea42e..2acdc5768 100644 --- a/2004/burley/README.md +++ b/2004/burley/README.md @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ # Best Calculated Risk - Brent Burley - 500 S. Buena Vista St. - Burbank, CA 91521 - US +Brent Burley +500 S. Buena Vista St. +Burbank, CA 91521 +US ## To build: @@ -37,29 +37,34 @@ echo "Do or do not. There is no try." ## Judges' remarks: -This is a draw poker program. You start with $100. Input alternates -between your bet and which cards to keep. Example: +This is a [draw poker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draw_poker) program. You +start with $100. Input alternates between your bet and which cards to keep. +Example: - 5 <== you enter a bet of $5 (defaults to $1) - J Q J 9 5 <== your hand is Jack of Clubs, Queen of Hearts, - C H D S C Jack of Diamonds, 9 of Spades, 5 of Clubs - 123 <== you enter which cards you want to keep - (enter 0 to 5 digits between 1 and 5) - J Q J J Q <== your new hand is Jack of Clubs, Queen of Hearts, - C H D S C Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Spaces, Queen of clubs - $145 (45) <== Your new balance is now $145. You had a Full House - so your payoff is 9 times your bet == 45 +``` +5 <== you enter a bet of $5 (defaults to $1) +J Q J 9 5 <== your hand is Jack of Clubs, Queen of Hearts, +C H D S C Jack of Diamonds, 9 of Spades, 5 of Clubs +123 <== you enter which cards you want to keep + (enter 0 to 5 digits between 1 and 5) +J Q J J Q <== your new hand is Jack of Clubs, Queen of Hearts, +C H D S C Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Spaces, Queen of clubs +$145 (45) <== Your new balance is now $145. You had a Full House + so your payoff is 9 times your bet == 45 +``` The payout is according to "Vegas rules": - Straight Flush 50 times your bet - Four of a Kind 25 times your bet - Full House 9 times your bet - Flush 6 times your bet - Straight 4 times your bet - 3 of a Kind 3 times your bet - 2 Pair 2 times your bet - Jacks or Better 1 times your bet +``` +Straight Flush 50 times your bet +Four of a Kind 25 times your bet +Full House 9 times your bet +Flush 6 times your bet +Straight 4 times your bet +3 of a Kind 3 times your bet +2 Pair 2 times your bet +Jacks or Better 1 times your bet +``` The program allows you to go into debt. However I'm sure you would never control-C kill the program just because you got behind, right? @@ -69,16 +74,16 @@ to leave even when you are ahead. :-) Can you figure out a winning betting "strategy"? Then can you modify the program so this "strategy" no longer works? -Notice the clever use of setjmp() and longjmp() calls. Can you keep -track of what state is being saved and restored? +Notice the clever use of `setjmp()` and `longjmp()` calls. Can you keep track +of what state is being saved and restored? -## Author's remarks +## Author's remarks: This program plays draw poker. What is unusual about it is that it is written as a single statement -- count the semicolons! (OK, there are really three statements if you count the variable declarations.) To keep things simple, I have avoided the C preprocessor and tricky -statements such as "if", "for", "do", "while", "switch", and "goto". +statements such as `if`, `for`, `do`, `while`, `switch`, and `goto`. ## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License: