{ my %val; @val{2..10,qw(J Q K A)} = (2..14); my @hand_names = ( [ 'Straight Flush' => qr/^<(.)xxxx((?>x*))><\1\2xxx><\1\2xx><\1\2x><\1\2>/ ], [ 'Straight Flush' => qr/^<(.)x{14}><\1x{5}><\1x{4}><\1x{3}><\1x{2}>/ ], [ 'Four of a Kind' => qr/<.((?>x*))>(?:.*<.\1>){3}/ ], [ 'Full House' => qr/^<.((?>x*))>(?>(?:<.\1>){1,2})<.((?>x*))>(?>(?:<.\2>)*)\z/ ], [ 'Flush' => qr/^<(.)(?>x*)>(?:<\1(?>x*)>){4}\z/ ], [ 'Straight' => qr/^<.xxxx((?>x*))><.\1xxx><.\1xx><.\1x><.\1>/ ], [ 'Straight' => qr/^<.x{14}><.x{5}><.x{4}><.x{3}><.x{2}>/ ], [ 'Three of a Kind' => qr/<.((?>x*))>(?:.*<.\1>){2}/ ], [ 'Two Pair' => qr/<.((?>x*))><.\1>.*<.((?>x*))><.\2>/ ], [ 'One Pair' => qr/<.((?>x*))><.\1>/ ], ); sub hand_name { my $hand = join '', sort { length($b) <=> length($a) } map { /^(.+)(.)/; "<$2".("x" x $val{$1}).">" } @_; for (@hand_names) { my ($hn, $re) = @$_; return $hn if $hand =~ $re; } return 'High Card'; } }