Was it a Superb Shuffle™️

Question

According to this question a Superb Shuffle™️ is defined as a full deck of cards (including jokers) which follows this set of rules:

• No two cards (except Jokers) of the same suit are adjacent.
• No card (except Jokers) is adjacent to one of the same value.
• No card (except Jokers) is adjacent to one of an adjacent value (one higher or one lower in this order, A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K, A. Notice that Ace can not be adjacent to either a 2 or a King).
• The Jokers can be in any position.

The cards are expressed as a value(A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K), followed by a suit (C, D, H, S). For example 'AS' is the Ace of Spades. The Jokers are represented by a single letter J.

• Write some code to indicate if an array of cards is a Superb Shuffle™️ or not.
• Use any language you like.
• Attempt to do so in the smallest number of bytes.

Test cases:

1: This is Superb™️

[
  "AS", "5D", "9H", "KC", "2D", "6H", "10C", "QS", "3H", "7C", "9S", 
  "KD", "4C", "6S", "10D", "AC", "3S", "7D", "JH", "J", "4D", "8H", 
  "QC", "AD", "5H", "9C", "JS", "2H", "6C", "8S", "QD", "3C", "5S", 
  "9D", "KH", "2S", "6D", "10H", "J", "3D", "7H", "JC", "KS", "4H", 
  "8C", "10S", "AH", "5C", "7S", "JD", "2C", "4S", "8D", "QH"
]

# true

2: This is all sorted

[
  "AS", "2S", "3S", "4S", "5S", "6S", "7S", "8S", "9S", "10S", "JS", "QS", "KS", 
  "AD", "2D", "3D", "4D", "5D", "6D", "7D", "8D", "9D", "10D", "JD", "QD", "KD", 
  "AH", "2H", "3H", "4H", "5H", "6H", "7H", "8H", "9H", "10H", "JH", "QH", "KH", 
  "AC", "2C", "3C", "4C", "5C", "6C", "7C", "8C", "9C", "10C", "JC", "QC", "KC", 
  "J", "J"
]

# false

3: Aces together

[
  "AC", "AS", "AD", "AH", "5D", "9H", "KC", "2D", "6H", "10C", "QS",
  "9S", "KD", "4C", "6S", "10D", "3S", "7D", "JH", "J", "4D", "8H", 
  "QC", "5H", "9C", "JS", "2H", "6C", "8S", "QD", "3C", "5S", "3H", 
  "9D", "KH", "2S", "6D", "10H", "J", "3D", "7H", "JC", "KS", "4H", 
  "8C", "10S", "5C", "7S", "JD", "2C", "4S", "8D", "7C", "QH"
]

# false

4: Crazy 8's

[
  "AS", "5D", "9H", "KC", "2D", "6H", "10C", "QS", "3H", "7C", "9S", 
  "KD", "4C", "6S", "10D", "AC", "3S", "7D", "JH", "J", "4D", "AH",
  "QC", "AD", "5H", "9C", "JS", "2H", "6C", "QD", "3C", "5S", "10S", 
  "9D", "KH", "2S", "6D", "10H", "J", "3D", "7H", "JC", "KS", "4H", 
  "5C", "7S", "JD", "2C", "4S","QH", "8D", "8S", "8C", "8H"
]

# false

5: Also superb

[
  "AS", "6H", "9S", "AC", "4D", "9C", "QD", "2S", "7H", "10S", "2C", 
  "5D", "10C", "KD", "3S", "8H", "JS", "3C", "6D", "JC", "AH", "4S", 
  "9H", "QS", "4C", "7D", "QC", "2H", "5S", "10H", "KS", "5C", "8D", 
  "KC", "3H", "6S", "JH", "AD", "6C", "9D", "J", "4H", "7S", "QH", 
  "2D", "7C", "10D", "J", "5H", "8S", "KH", "3D", "8C", "JD"
]

# true

6: Ace by 2

[
  "AS", "2S", "6H", "9S", "AC", "4D", "9C", "QD",  "7H", "10S", "2C", 
  "5D", "10C", "KD", "3S", "8H", "JS", "3C", "6D", "JC", "AH", "4S", 
  "9H", "QS", "4C", "7D", "QC", "2H", "5S", "10H", "KS", "5C", "8D", 
  "KC", "3H", "6S", "JH", "AD", "6C", "9D", "J", "4H", "7S", "QH", 
  "2D", "7C", "10D", "J", "5H", "8S", "KH", "3D", "8C", "JD"
]

# false

7: Ace by King

[
  "AS", "KH", "2S", "6H", "9S", "AC", "4D", "9C", "QD",  "7H", "10S", 
  "2C", "5D", "10C", "KD", "3S", "8H", "JS", "3C", "6D", "JC", "AH", 
  "4S", "9H", "QS", "4C", "7D", "QC", "2H", "5S", "10H", "KS", "5C",  
  "8D", "KC", "3H", "6S", "JH", "AD", "6C", "9D", "J", "4H", "7S", 
  "QH", "2D", "7C", "10D", "J", "5H", "8S", "3D", "8C", "JD"
]

# false

8: Jokers together

[
  "AS", "5D", "9H", "KC", "2D", "6H", "10C", "QS", "3H", "7C", "9S",
  "KD", "4C", "6S", "10D", "AC", "3S", "7D", "JH", "J", "J", "4D",
  "8H", "QC", "AD", "5H", "9C", "JS", "2H", "6C", "8S", "QD", "3C",
  "5S", "9D", "KH", "2S", "6D", "10H", "3D", "7H", "JC", "KS", "4H",
  "8C", "10S", "AH", "5C", "7S", "JD", "2C", "4S", "8D", "QH"
]

# true

9: Adjacent suit/value separated by Jokers

[
  "AS", "6H", "9S", "AC", "4D", "J", "4H", "2S", "7H", "10S", "2C",
  "5D", "10C", "KD", "3S", "8H", "JS", "3C", "6D", "JC", "AH", "4S",
  "9H", "QS", "4C", "7D", "QC", "2H", "5S", "10H", "KS", "5C", "8D",
  "KC", "3H", "6S", "JH", "AD", "6C", "9D", "J", "QD", "7S", "QH",
  "2D", "7C", "10D", "8C", "5H", "8S", "KH", "3D", "9C", "JD"
]

# true 

Answer 1

JavaScript (ES7), 88 bytes

Returns true for Superb™️ or false for Ugly™️.

a=>a.every(r=s=([a,b,c])=>!s|!b|!((r-(r='34567891JQKA'.search(a)))**2%13<2|s==(s=c||b)))

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How?

Each card is split into 3 characters a, b and c, some of which might be undefined.

The rank is given by the position of a in the string "34567891JQKA" ('2' gives -1). The suit is given by b for all cards but 10's, for which we need to test c instead, and Jokers that have an undefined suit.

We keep track of the previous rank in r and the previous suit in s.

We use the expression \$(r - new\_rank)^2 \bmod 13\$ to detect invalid consecutive ranks. This gives:

• \$0\$ if both ranks are equal
• \$1\$ if the absolute difference between the ranks is \$1\$
• \$1\$ if we have an Ace followed by a Two or a Two followed by an Ace, because the squared difference is \$144\$ and we have \$144 \equiv 1 \pmod{13}\$.
• an integer greater than \$1\$ in all other cases

We simply compare the new suit with s to detect identical consecutive suits.

We use the expression !s | !b to detect that either the previous or the current card is a Joker, in which case the results of the other tests are discarded.

Answer 2

Retina 0.8.2, 68 bytes

.*,(.*)
$1,$&
J\b
--
10
T
\b\w
$&$&
T`Ao`2-9TJQKA`\b.
(\w).{2,4}\1.*

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.*,(.*)
$1,$&

Copy the last card to the beginning to simulate wrap-around.

J\b
--

Replace the jokers with two-character placeholders, which is enough to ensure that the surrounding cards aren't matched with each other.

10
T

And replace the 10s with tens.

\b\w
$&$&

Duplicate the rank of each card.

T`Ao`2-9TJQKA`\b.

Calculate the adjacent rank.

(\w).{2,4}\1.*

Look for adjacent cards of the same suit or same or adjacent rank.

Answer 3

Java 10, 246 210 205 178 170 bytes

d->{var r=1>0;int p=-1,P=p,q,u;for(var c:d)r&=p<0|(u=(p-(p=(q=c.length())<2?-1:"A234567891JQK".indexOf(c.charAt(0))))%12)<-1|u>1&P!=(P=q<2?p:c.charAt(q>2?2:1));return r;}

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Explanation:

d->{                   // Method with String-array parameter and boolean return-type
  var r=1>0;           //  Result-boolean, starting at true
  int p=-1,            //  Previous value, starting at -1
      P=p,             //  Previous suit, starting at -1
      q,u;             //  Temp integers
  for(var c:d)         //  Loop over the cards of the input-deck:
    r&=p<0             //   Validate whether the previous value is -1
       |(u=(p-         //   Or if the difference between the previous and current value,
          (p=          //   where the current value is:
                       //   (and replace the previous with the current value for the next
                       //   iteration at the same time)
             (q=c.length())<2?
                       //    Is it a Joker:
               -1      //     Use -1
              :        //    Else:
               "A234567891JQK".indexOf(c.charAt(0))
                       //     Use 0-12 depending on the order
        ))%12)         //   (Modulo-12 for 'A' and 'K')
              <-1|u>1  //   is more than 2
       &P!=            //   And the previous and current suits are not equal,
           (P=         //   where the current suit is:
                       //   (and replace the previous with the current suit for the next
                       //   iteration at the same time)
              q<2?     //    Is it a Joker:
               p       //     Use -1
              :        //    Else:
               c.charAt(q>2?2:1));
                       //     Use the suit-character
                       //     where the `q>2?2:1` is for cards of value 10
  return r;}           //  Return if all validations inside the loop have succeeded

Answer 4

Python 2, 108 bytes

lambda l:all('J'in(a,b)or(q(a[0])-q(b[0])+1)%13>2<a[-1]!=b[-1]for a,b in zip(l,l[1:]))
q='234567891JQK'.find

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Python 3, 109 bytes

lambda l:all([(q(a[0])-q(b[0])+1)%13*(A!=B)>2for(*a,A),(*b,B)in zip(l,l[1:])if a>[]<b])
q='234567891JQK'.find

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Python 3 wins bytes with iterable unpacking but loses bytes by refusing to chain together comparisons of differently-typed items. The unpacking needs to handle both 'J' and '10S', which means it can either extract the first value or the last value, but not both.

Answer 5

Ruby, 123 bytes

->a{a.each_cons(2).all?{|a,b|a==?J||b==?J||(s="A234567891JQK".chars).zip(s.rotate).all?{|f|((a.chars|b.chars)-[?0]-f)[2]}}}

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Explanation:

Without going too much into detail:

• split every pair into single characters
• remove '0' if any
• remove duplicate characters
• try to remove pairs of adjacent values

If after the treatment, 3 characters are left, the pair is good.

Answer 6

Python 3, 130 125 bytes

5 bytes saved thanks to Chas Brown

v="A234567891JQK".find;s=lambda d:len(d)<2or("J"in d[:2]or 1<abs(v(d[0][0])-v(d[1][0]))<12and d[0][-1]!=d[1][-1])and s(d[1:])

My first post here, so this could probably be golfed down a little more.

Explanation

Recursive lambda; checks if the first two cards of the current list are of different suits, are different ranks, and their ranks differ by more than 1 (but less than 12, to account for Ace-King), or if one of the two cards is a Joker, in which case it's fine, then consumes the first element of the list and recurses.

Answer 7

Ruby, 119 bytes

f=->s,c=20,d=?Z{a,*b=s;a ?(x=a[-1];x==?J||(e=((i="A234567891JQK".index(a[0]))-c)%13;e>1&&e<12)&&x!=d)&&f[b,i||20,x]:!p}

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Recursive version.
It walks through the array and compares the current card to the last card. The rank is searched in the string "A234567891JQK" and jokers are skipped. It starts with a dummy previous card "20Z" which will accept any neighbour.

Answer 8

Python 2, 122 bytes

lambda a:all((12>abs(R(c[0])-R(d[0]))>1and c[-1]!=d[-1])or'J'in c[-1]+d[-1]for c,d in zip(a,a[1:]))
R='A234567891JQK'.find

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