Card Encoding

Card values are encoded in the database using the poker-eval scheme:

def cardFromValueSuit(value, suit):
    """ 0=none, 1-13=2-Ah 14-26=2-Ad 27-39=2-Ac 40-52=2-As """
    if suit == 'h':  return(value-1)
    elif suit == 'd':  return(value+12)
    elif suit == 'c':  return(value+25)
    elif suit == 's':  return(value+38)
    else: return(0)
 
def valueSuitFromCard(card):
    """ Function to convert a card stored in the database (int 0-52) into value
        and suit like 9s, 4c etc """
    if card < 0 or card > 52:
        return('')
    else:
        return( ['', '2h', '3h', '4h', '5h', '6h', '7h', '8h', '9h', 'Th', 'Jh', 'Qh', 'Kh', 'Ah'
                     , '2d', '3d', '4d', '5d', '6d', '7d', '8d', '9d', 'Td', 'Jd', 'Qd', 'Kd', 'Ad'
                     , '2c', '3c', '4c', '5c', '6c', '7c', '8c', '9c', 'Tc', 'Jc', 'Qc', 'Kc', 'Ac'
                     , '2s', '3s', '4s', '5s', '6s', '7s', '8s', '9s', 'Ts', 'Js', 'Qs', 'Ks', 'As'
                ][card] )