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2347. Best Poker Hand

You are given an integer array ranks and a character array suits. You have 5 cards where the ith card has a rank of ranks[i] and a suit of suits[i].

The following are the types of poker hands you can make from best to worst:

1. "Flush": Five cards of the same suit.
2. "Three of a Kind": Three cards of the same rank.
3. "Pair": Two cards of the same rank.
4. "High Card": Any single card.

Return a string representing the best type of poker hand you can make with the given cards.

Note that the return values are case-sensitive.

Example 1:

Input: ranks = [13,2,3,1,9], suits = ["a","a","a","a","a"]
Output: "Flush"
Explanation: The hand with all the cards consists of 5 cards with the same suit, so we have a "Flush".

Example 2:

Input: ranks = [4,4,2,4,4], suits = ["d","a","a","b","c"]
Output: "Three of a Kind"
Explanation: The hand with the first, second, and fourth card consists of 3 cards with the same rank, so we have a "Three of a Kind".
Note that we could also make a "Pair" hand but "Three of a Kind" is a better hand.
Also note that other cards could be used to make the "Three of a Kind" hand.

Example 3:

Input: ranks = [10,10,2,12,9], suits = ["a","b","c","a","d"]
Output: "Pair"
Explanation: The hand with the first and second card consists of 2 cards with the same rank, so we have a "Pair".
Note that we cannot make a "Flush" or a "Three of a Kind".

Constraints:

• ranks.length == suits.length == 5
• 1 <= ranks[i] <= 13
• 'a' <= suits[i] <= 'd'
• No two cards have the same rank and suit.

Solutions (Python)

1. Solution

class Solution:
    def bestHand(self, ranks: List[int], suits: List[str]) -> str:
        ranks_counter = Counter(ranks)
        suits_counter = Counter(suits)

        if len(suits_counter) == 1:
            return "Flush"
        elif max(ranks_counter.values()) > 2:
            return "Three of a Kind"
        elif max(ranks_counter.values()) > 1:
            return "Pair"
        else:
            return "High Card"