Dsa
Hashing
Warm-up
Check for Straight Hand
You are given a poker hand consisting of 5 cards represented by their ranks. Your task is to determine if the hand is a 'straight' (i.e., all cards are consecutive values). The ranks are given as strings.
Input format:
- The first line contains a single integer N (always 5), the number of cards.
- The second line contains N strings, where each string is the rank of the card (e.g., 'A', '2', '3', ..., 'K').
Output format:
- Print 'YES' if the hand is a straight, otherwise print 'NO'.
Example Input:
5
2 3 4 5 6
Example Output:
YES
Key concepts
hashingcardssets
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