Implements the stripping routine> Everything is sequential, but as we dont have much data this is not really an issue

e_54.py

@@ -38,13 +38,32 @@ def load_data(filename):
     file.close()
     return hands
 
+def sort_n_strip(hands):
+    """
+    As description indicates data is correct, we can ignore the color of the
+    cards. (and hence strip the value)
+    We also want to sort the players hands (to be worked with easier later)
+    """
+    # just keeping the first element of the cards
+    stripped_hands =  [[[val[0] for val in h] for h in hand] for hand in hands]
+
+    sorted_hands = stripped_hands
+    #need to sort now
+    return sorted_hands
+
 def winning_hands(filename):
     """
     Returns the first of the firs num consecutive primes.
     """
     hands = load_data(filename)
-    for val in hands:
-        print val
+
+    data = sort_n_strip(hands)
+    print hands
+    print data
+
+    #for val in hands:
+
+        #print val
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     winning_hands("./e_54_poker.txt")