Let's practice the scoring rules of 421!

Question

421 is a rather popular dice game in France and some other European countries. It is mostly played in bars and pubs to determine who's going to buy the next round of drinks. The full game is usually played in two rounds, with tokens that each player tries to get rid of, but this is irrelevant here. (Wikipedia page in French.)

The game is played with 3 standard cube dice.

Task

Your task is to sort a non-empty list of distinct 3-dice rolls [ X,Y,Z ] from highest to lowest, by applying the scoring rules of this game.

Basic scoring

• 4,2,1 is the highest possible combination. Depending on the rules, it may score 8, 10 or 11 points. Because we are sorting the rolls rather than counting the points, the exact value doesn't matter.
• Three Aces: 1,1,1 is the second highest combination and scores 7 points.
• Two-Aces: X,1,1 (where X is 2 to 6) scores X points.
• Three-of-a-Kind: X,X,X (where X is 2 to 6) scores X points.
• Straights: X,X+1,X+2 scores 2 points.
• All other rolls score 1 point.

Settling ties

Whenever two rolls give the same number of points, the following rules apply:

• A Two-Aces is better than a Three-of-a-Kind. Example: 5,1,1 beats 5,5,5.
• The Three-of-a-Kind 2,2,2 is better than a straight. Example: 2,2,2 beats 4,5,6.
• Straights are ordered from lowest to highest. Example: 4,5,6 beats 2,3,4.
• All other rolls are settled by sorting the dice from highest to lowest. Example: 6,5,2 beats 6,4,3. (Therefore, the lowest possible combination in the game is 2,2,1.)

Below are the 56 possible distinct rolls ordered from highest to lowest:

421 111 611 666 511 555 411 444 311 333 211 222 654 543 432 321
665 664 663 662 661 655 653 652 651 644 643 642 641 633 632 631
622 621 554 553 552 551 544 542 541 533 532 531 522 521 443 442
441 433 431 422 332 331 322 221

Challenge rules

• You may take the rolls in any reasonable format, such as a list of lists [[3,2,1],[4,2,1]], a list of strings ["321","421"], a list of integers [321,421], etc. However, each die must be clearly identifiable with a value from 1 to 6.
• For each roll, you can assume that the dice are sorted either from lowest to highest or from highest to lowest, as long as it is consistent. Please state in your answer which order you're expecting, if any.
• The shortest answer in bytes wins!

Test cases

Using lists of strings with the dice sorted from highest to lowest:

Inputs

[ "321", "654" ]
[ "222", "321", "211" ]
[ "333", "311", "331", "111" ]
[ "111", "222", "333", "444" ]
[ "321", "421", "521", "621" ]
[ "422", "221", "442", "421", "222" ]
[ "222", "111", "421", "211", "651", "652", "543" ]

Expected outputs

[ "654", "321" ]
[ "211", "222", "321" ]
[ "111", "311", "333", "331" ]
[ "111", "444", "333", "222" ]
[ "421", "321", "621", "521" ]
[ "421", "222", "442", "422", "221" ]
[ "421", "111", "211", "222", "543", "652", "651" ]

Answer 1

Python, 93 bytes

lambda a:sorted(a,key=lambda x:(x!=421,x>111,-(x%100<12)*x-(x%111<1)*x*.9,(x%111==99)*-x,-x))

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Answer 2

Jelly,  37  34 bytes

;Ø1,ẋ3$)Ẏṙ-;‘r’Ɗ€;œċ3$Ṇ63¦
6RṚÇiµÞ

A monadic link accepting a list of lists of dice rolls (each sorted descending) which yields the sorted rolls descending.

Try it online! Or see a test-suite ...or try all rolls sorted lexicographically

How?

This method builds a list of all rolls from highest to lowest*, replacing [4,2,1] with 0 (an invalid input roll), in order to rank each roll using Jelly's first-index-of atom, i.

* The list also includes repeats and redundant entries which wont affect the behaviour:

[[1,1,1],[6,1,1],[6,6,6],[5,1,1],[5,5,5],[4,1,1],[4,4,4],[3,1,1],[3,3,3],[2,1,1],[2,2,2],[1,1,1],[7,6,5],[6,5,4],[5,4,3],[4,3,2],[3,2,1],[2,1,0],[6,6,6],[6,6,5],[6,6,4],[6,6,3],[6,6,2],[6,6,1],[6,5,5],[6,5,4],[6,5,3],[6,5,2],[6,5,1],[6,4,4],[6,4,3],[6,4,2],[6,4,1],[6,3,3],[6,3,2],[6,3,1],[6,2,2],[6,2,1],[6,1,1],[5,5,5],[5,5,4],[5,5,3],[5,5,2],[5,5,1],[5,4,4],[5,4,3],[5,4,2],[5,4,1],[5,3,3],[5,3,2],[5,3,1],[5,2,2],[5,2,1],[5,1,1],[4,4,4],[4,4,3],[4,4,2],[4,4,1],[4,3,3],[4,3,2],[4,3,1],[4,2,2],0,[4,1,1],[3,3,3],[3,3,2],[3,3,1],[3,2,2],[3,2,1],[3,1,1],[2,2,2],[2,2,1],[2,1,1],[1,1,1]]

;Ø1,ẋ3$)Ẏṙ-;‘r’Ɗ€;œċ3$Ṇ63¦ - Link 1, build rolls: descending pips, P  e.g. [6,5,4,3,2,1]
       )                   - for each:       e.g. X=5
 Ø1                        -   literal [1,1]
;                          -   concatenate        [5,1,1]
      $                    -   last two links as a monad (f(X)):
     3                     -     literal 3
    ẋ                      -     repeat           [5,5,5]
   ,                       -   pair               [[5,1,1],[5,5,5]]
        Ẏ                  - tighten (to a list of rolls rather than pairs of rolls)
          -                - literal -1
         ṙ                 - rotate left by (make rightmost [1,1,1] the leftmost entry)
               Ɗ€          - for €ach: last three links as a monad (f(X)):
            ‘              -   increment  -> X+1
              ’            -   decrement  -> X-1
             r             -   range      -> [X+1,X,X-1]
                           -   ...note: [7,6,5] and [2,1,0] are made but are redundant
           ;               - concatenate
                     $     - last two links as a monad (f(P)):
                    3      -   literal 3
                  œċ       -   combinations with replacement -> [[6,6,6],[6,6,5],...,[6,6,1],[6,5,5],...,[1,1,1]]
                 ;         - concatenate
                         ¦ - sparse application...
                       63  - ...to indices: 63
                      Ṇ    - ...what: NOT   -> replaces the [4,2,1] entry with a 0

6RṚÇiµÞ - Main Link: list of rolls
     µÞ - sort by the monadic link:
6       -   six
 R      -   range -> [1,2,3,4,5,6]
  Ṛ     -   reverse -> [6,5,4,3,2,1]
   Ç    -   call the last link as a monad -> [[1,1,1],[6,1,1],[6,6,6],[5,1,1],...]
    i   -   first index of (e.g.: [1,1,1]->1 or [6,1,1]->2 or [4,2,1]->0)

Answer 3

Retina 0.8.2, 67 bytes

O$#^`(421|111)|(\d)((11)|\2\2)|(654|543|432|321)|\d{3}
$1$2$#4$#5$&

Try it online! Link includes test cases. Explanation: The numeric sort key is generated as follows:

421     42100421
111     11100111
611-211   610611-  210211
666-222   600666-  600222
654-321    01654-   01321
653-221    00653-   00221

Answer 4

R, 73 bytes

(x=scan())[order(x!=421,x>111,-(x%%100<12)*x-(!x%%37)*x*.9,x%%37!=25,-x)]

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• Full program taking a list of integer from stdin and returning them in descending order (i.e. 421 ... 221)
• Started as partially inspired by @Lynn answer, now is basically a porting of it... so credits to @Lynn ;)
• Saved 2 bytes getting division remainder x % 37 instead of 111

Explanation :

For each of the numbers 5 keys are computed and used hierarchically to sort the array :

key1 = 0 if equal to 421, 1 otherwise
key2 = 0 if equal to 111, 1 otherwise
key3 = 0 
       - 1.0*x if number is x11 numbers (2 aces)
       - 0.9*x if number is xxx numbers (3 of a kind)
key4 = 0 if number is a straight, 1 otherwise
key5 = -x

Then the array is sorted by key1 first, then by key2 in case of tie and so on...

Answer 5

05AB1E, 76 48 45 bytes

421X3∍6LR©vy11«y3∍}®vy>y<ŸJ})D®3ãJsм)˜©IΣ®sk>

This turned out to be a lot longer than expected, but at least it's easy to implement. Will see if I can find a better solution.. Made the list by hand now, but still a bit long.

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Explanation:

421             # Push 421 to the stack
X3∍             # ('1' lengthened to size 3) Push 111 to the stack
6LR             # Take the range [6, 1]
   ©            # Save this range in the register so we can re-use it
   v    }       # Loop over this range:
    y11«        #  Merge '11' with the current number `y`, and push it to the stack
    y3∍         #  Lengthen the current number `y` to size 3, and push it to the stack
   ®v      }    # Load the range [6, 1] from the register, and loop over it again:
     y>y<Ÿ      #  Take the range [`y+1`, `y-1`]
          J     #  And join them together to single 3-digit numbers
)               # Push everything that's now on the stack to a single list
 D              # Duplicate this list
  ®             # Load the range [6, 1] from the register again
   3ã           # Take the cartesian repeated three times
     R          # Reverse this list
      J         # Join every inner list to a single 3-digit number
 s              # Swap, so the duplicate list of above is at the top of the stack again
  м             # And remove all those items from the cartesian list
   )            # Combine both lists (as list of lists)
    ˜           # Flatten it
     ©          # Store this full completed list (now equal to the challenge description,
                #  with some additional values we can ignore) in the register
I               # Take the input-list
 Σ              # Sort it by:
  ®             #  The list we generated above
   sk           #  Take the 0-indexed indices
     >          #  And increase it by 1 (because apparently 0 is placed at the back,
                #  so '421' would always be at the end)

Here is the actual list the first part of the code generates:

['421','111','611','666','511','555','411','444','311','333','211','222','111','111','765','654','543','432','321','210','','665','664','663','662','661','656','655','','653','652','651','646','645','644','643','642','641','636','635','634','633','632','631','626','625','624','623','622','621','616','615','614','613','612','','566','565','564','563','562','561','556','','554','553','552','551','546','545','544','','542','541','536','535','534','533','532','531','526','525','524','523','522','521','516','515','514','513','512','','466','465','464','463','462','461','456','455','454','453','452','451','446','445','','443','442','441','436','435','434','433','','431','426','425','424','423','422','','416','415','414','413','412','','366','365','364','363','362','361','356','355','354','353','352','351','346','345','344','343','342','341','336','335','334','','332','331','326','325','324','323','322','','316','315','314','313','312','','266','265','264','263','262','261','256','255','254','253','252','251','246','245','244','243','242','241','236','235','234','233','232','231','226','225','224','223','','221','216','215','214','213','212','','166','165','164','163','162','161','156','155','154','153','152','151','146','145','144','143','142','141','136','135','134','133','132','131','126','125','124','123','122','121','116','115','114','113','112','']

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As you can see it contains empty items; numbers like 765 or 210; and numbers in the range [216, 112]. But we can all ignore these, because the items we want to actually sort are in the correct order.

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Original 76 bytes solution:

Σ•X˜„Éε´õñ€9Ú ù?ä0₅9úd5àPÎøŒccuĆYÑ,o¾eíË¿¼À8@gID=vÆOΣxjF¨O‡J₃^εR™\èv•667вsk>

Try it online or verify all test cases (no test suite because there is still a bug with sort-by with compressed numbers not seeing the closing bracket to stop the sort).

Explanation:

Σ             # Sort by:
 •...•667в    #  The correctly sorted list of all possible rolls from the challenge
 sk           #  Take the 0-indexed indices
   >          #  And increase it by 1 (because apparently 0 is placed at the back,
              #  so '421' would always be at the end)

Explanation •X˜„Éε´õñ€9Ú ù?ä0₅9úd5àPÎøŒccuĆYÑ,o¾eíË¿¼À8@gID=vÆOΣxjF¨O‡J₃^εR™\èv•667в:

Everything between the two • is a compressed number that is generated with the following program:

Z>β 255B

Try it online.

• Z>: Take the max of the list + 1 (667 in this case)
• β: Convert the list from Base-667 to a single number
• 255B: And convert that single number to base 255 (using 05AB1E's code page), so we have our compressed number.

By using 667в it converts this compressed number back to the original list.

Answer 6

JavaScript (ES7), 96 bytes

d=>d.sort((a,b,g=(n,[x,y,z]=n)=>n**=n-421?y*z-1?x-y|y-z?~y%x|~z%y?1:2:3:x-1?3.1:5:5)=>g(b)-g(a))

Sorts rolls by adhering closely to the rules of scoring. Expects an array of strings with individual rolls in descending order of value, e.g. ["654"]

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Explanation

Categories of rolls are raised to the following exponents:

421                 5
Three Aces          5
Two Aces            3.1
Three-of-a-Kind     3
Straights           2
Other               1

Ungolfed

Mentally unwrapping the conditional checks gives me a headache, and I'm certain it can somehow be further golfed....

var f =
d => d.sort(
    (
     a, b,
     g = (n, [x, y, z] = n) =>               // destructure rolls, e.g. "321" => ["3","2","1"]
        n **=                                // differentiate scores by raising to the exponent corresponding to its category in the table above
                                             // all conditionals check for a falsy value
            n - 421
                ? y * z - 1                  // ends with "11"
                    ? x - y | y - z          // three-of-a-kind
                        ? ~y % x | ~z % y    // straights, with operators chosen to correctly convert strings to numbers
                            ? 1
                            : 2
                        : 3
                    : x - 1                  // three aces
                        ? 3.1
                        : 5
                : 5
    ) =>
    g(b) - g(a)
)

Answer 7

Javascript, 101 chars, 116 bytes (UTF-8)

a=>(r=d=>(i="ƥoɣʚǿȫƛƼķōÓÞʎȟưŁ".indexOf(String.fromCharCode(d)),i<0?700-d:i),a.sort((a,b)=>r(a)-r(b)))

Takes an array of numbers representing the rolls like [ 321, 654 ].

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Explanation:

I took the first 16 of the 56 possible distinct rolls (the ones that don't really follow any order) and I encoded them as a string: "ƥoɣʚǿȫƛƼķōÓÞʎȟưŁ". Each character of this string corresponds the the first 16 possible rolls (ƥ is 421, o is 111, ...). Now for each two elements a and b of the array we just check their index from the string, if they are included the index is used, otherwise (the index is -1) we use the roll number itself (we substract it from 700 to inverse the order of the ones not included, i.e. to sort them in a decreasing order).

Answer 8

Clean, 169 102 bytes

All octal escapes are counted as one byte, as the Clean compiler will happily take them that way, but TIO and SE won't because they aren't well-formed UTF-8.

import StdEnv
$l=[e\\c<-:"\245\157\143\232\377\53\233\274\67\115\323\336\216\37\260\101\231\230\227\226\225\217\215\214\213\204\203\202\201\171\170\167\156\155\52\51\50\47\40\36\35\25\24\23\n\11\273\272\271\261\257\246\114\113\102\335",e<-l|c==toChar e]

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Uses the fact that all the dice rolls, as integers modulo 256, are unique.
Conveniently, Char is treated (mostly) as a modulo 256 integer.

Answer 9

Pyth, 48 bytes

oxs[]j421T]j7 2_sm+Ld,,ddjT9tS6_m_+LdS3 4.C_S6 3

Expects input as a nested array, each element ordered descending. Try it online here, or verify all the test cases at once here.

oxs[]j421T]j7 2_sm+Ld,,ddjT9tS6_m_+LdS3 4.C_S6 3)NQ   Final 3 tokens inferred from context
                                                      Implicit: Q=eval(input()), T=10
    ]j421T                                            Convert 421 to base 10, wrap in array -> [[4,2,1]]
          ]j7 2                                       Convert 7 to base 2, wrap in array -> [[1,1,1]]
                 m          tS6                       Map d in [2,3,4,5,6] using:
                      ,dd                               [d,d]
                         jT9                            Convert 10 to base 9 -> [1,1]
                  +Ld,                                  Prepend d to each of the above
               _s                                     Flatten and reverse -> [[6,1,1],[6,6,6]...[2,2,2]]
                                m       4             Map d in [0,1,2,3] using:
                                  +LdS3                 [d+1,d+2,d+3]
                                 _                      Reverse the above
                               _                      Reverse the result -> [[6,5,4]...[3,2,1]]
                                           _S6        [6,5,4,3,2,1]
                                         .C    3      All 3-element combinations of the above, respecting order
  s[                                            )     Wrap the 5 previous sections in an array, concatenate
ox                                               NQ   Order Q using each element's index in the above list

Answer 10

05AB1E, 24 bytes

Σ5βËyθyP‚yнÃ6βyË_y¥PΘy)(

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Overall algorithm:

Σ          )( # sort by the following, in decreasing priority:
 5βË          # 1 for 421, 0 otherwise
 yθyP‚yнÃ6β   # 7 for 111, X for XXX and X11, 0 otherwise
 yË_          # 0 for XXX, 1 otherwise
 y¥PΘ         # 1 for sequences, 0 otherwise
 y            # the roll itself

Details:

5β          # parse the roll as a base-5 number
  Ë         # are all digits equal? (base-5 421 is 111)

yθ          # last die (equal to the 1st die iff we have XXX)
  yP        # product of dice (equal to the 1st die iff we have X11)
    ‚       # wrap the two in an array
     yнà    # keep only those that are equal to the 1st die
        6β  # parse as a base-6 number (111 -> [1, 1] -> 7)

yË          # are all dice equal?
  _         # boolean negation

y¥          # deltas ([a, b, c] -> [b - a, c - b])
  P         # product
   Θ        # 1 if it's equal to 1, 0 otherwise