Ttykuu

Preface: I've perused the other related questions before creating this one but I believe that those solutions weren't applicable to my situation. I'll concede that its possible that I may not have understood a possible solution (if any).

I'm working on refactoring an old poker game that I created, which is a .NET Framework console application, and I came across this method.

 /// <summary>
 /// Evaluates the value of the player hand and computer hand. 
 /// </summary>
 /// <param name="pComputerHand">The computer's current hand.</param>
 /// <param name="pPlayerHand">The player's current hand.</param>
 /// <returns>Returns true if the player won and false if the player lost. This value is stored in the the bool won variable.</returns>
 private static bool CompareHands(SuperCard[] pComputerHand, SuperCard[] pPlayerHand)
 
 // Stores the value of the player and computer hands.
 int playerHandValue = 0; 
 int computerHandValue = 0;

 // Evaluates the value of computer hand
 foreach(SuperCard card in pComputerHand)
 
 computerHandValue += (int)card.CardRank;
 

 // Evaluates the value of player hand
 foreach(SuperCard card in pPlayerHand)
 
 playerHandValue += (int)card.CardRank;
 

 // If there is a royal flush in the computer's hand and the player's hand, the player lost.
 if (PokerHands.RoyalFlush(pPlayerHand) & PokerHands.RoyalFlush(pComputerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nBoth players have a royal flush!");
 return false;
 

 // If there is a royal flush in the player's hand, the player won.
 if (PokerHands.RoyalFlush(pPlayerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nYou have a royal flush!");
 return true;
 

 // If there is a royal flush in the computer's hand, the player lost.
 if (PokerHands.RoyalFlush(pComputerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nThe computer has a royal flush!");
 return false;
 

 #region Straight Flush
 // If there is a straight flush in the computer's hand and the player's hand, the player lost.
 if (PokerHands.StraightFlush(pPlayerHand) & PokerHands.StraightFlush(pComputerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nBoth players have a straight flush!");
 return false;
 

 // If there is a straight flush in the player's hand, the player won.
 if (PokerHands.StraightFlush(pPlayerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nYou have a straight flush!");
 return true;
 

 // If there is a straight flush in the computer's hand, the player lost.
 if (PokerHands.StraightFlush(pComputerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nThe computer has a straight flush!");
 return false;
 
 #endregion


 #region Four Of A Kind 
 // If there is a four of a kind in the computer's hand and the player's hand, the player lost.
 if (PokerHands.FourOfAKind(pPlayerHand) & PokerHands.FourOfAKind(pComputerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nBoth players have a four of a kind!");
 return false;
 

 // If there is a four of a kind in the player's hand, the player won.
 if (PokerHands.FourOfAKind(pPlayerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nYou have a four of a kind!");
 return true;
 

 // If there is a four of a kind in the computer's hand, the player lost.
 if (PokerHands.FourOfAKind(pComputerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nThe computer has four of a kind!");
 return false;
 
 #endregion


 #region Full House
 // If there is a full house in the computer's hand and the player's hand, the player lost.
 if (PokerHands.FullHouse(pPlayerHand) & PokerHands.FullHouse(pComputerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nBoth players have a full house!");
 return false;
 

 // If there is a full house in the player's hand, the player won.
 if (PokerHands.FullHouse(pPlayerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nYou have a full house!");
 return true;
 

 // If there is a four of a kind in the computer's hand, the player lost.
 if (PokerHands.FullHouse(pComputerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nThe computer has a full house!");
 return false;
 
 #endregion


 #region Flush
 // If there is a flush in the player hand and the computer hand, the player lost.
 if (PokerHands.Flush(pPlayerHand) && PokerHands.Flush(pComputerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nBoth players have a flush!");
 return false;
 

 // If there is a flush in the player hand, the player won.
 if (PokerHands.Flush(pPlayerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nYou have a flush!");
 return true;
 

 // If there is a flush in the computer hand, the player lost.
 if (PokerHands.Flush(pComputerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nThe computer has a flush!");
 return false;
 
 #endregion


 #region Straight
 // If there is a straight in the computer's hand and the player's hand, the player lost.
 if (PokerHands.Straight(pPlayerHand) & PokerHands.Straight(pComputerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nBoth players have a straight!");
 return false;
 

 // If there is a straight in the player's hand, the player won.
 if (PokerHands.Straight(pPlayerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nYou have a straight!");
 return true;
 

 // If there is a straight in the computer's hand, the player lost.
 if (PokerHands.Straight(pComputerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nThe computer has a straight!");
 return false;
 
 #endregion


 #region Three Of A Kind
 // If there is a three of a kind in the computer's hand and the player's hand, the player lost.
 if (PokerHands.ThreeOfAKind(pPlayerHand) & PokerHands.ThreeOfAKind(pComputerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nBoth players have a three of a kind!");
 return false;
 

 // If there is a three of a kind in the player's hand, the player won.
 if (PokerHands.ThreeOfAKind(pPlayerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nYou have a three of a kind!");
 return true;
 

 // If there is a three of a kind in the computer's hand, the player lost.
 if (PokerHands.ThreeOfAKind(pComputerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nThe computer has a three of a kind!");
 return false;
 
 #endregion


 #region Two Pair
 // If there is a two pair in the computer's hand and the player's hand, the player lost.
 if (PokerHands.TwoPair(pPlayerHand) & PokerHands.TwoPair(pComputerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nBoth players have a two pair!");
 return false;
 

 // If there is a two pair in the player's hand, the player won.
 if (PokerHands.TwoPair(pPlayerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nYou have a two pair!");
 return true;
 

 // If there is a two pair in the computer's hand, the player lost.
 if (PokerHands.TwoPair(pComputerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nThe computer has a two pair!");
 return false;
 
 #endregion


 #region One Pair
 // If there is a one pair in the computer's hand and the player's hand, the player lost.
 if (PokerHands.OnePair(pPlayerHand) & PokerHands.OnePair(pComputerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nBoth players have a one pair!");
 return false;
 

 // If there is a one pair in the player's hand, the player won.
 if (PokerHands.OnePair(pPlayerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nYou have a one pair!");
 return true;
 

 // If there is a one pair in the computer's hand, the player lost.
 if (PokerHands.OnePair(pComputerHand))
 
 Console.WriteLine("nThe computer has a one pair!");
 return false;
 
 #endregion

 // If the player's hand value is greater than the computer's hand value, the player won.
 if (playerHandValue > computerHandValue)
 
 return true;
 

 // If the player's hand value is less than or equal to the computer's hand value, the player lost.
 if (playerHandValue <= computerHandValue)
 
 return false;
 

 // Satisfies all code paths must return a value error.
 else
 
 return false;
 


 // end of CompareHands() 

This is what the class diagram for the project looks like:

This is what the console output looks like:

My question is whether its possible to extract a method (or several) out of these if statements, and provided that it is possible, how would I go about doing so? I also appreciate any other advice that you can offer like the regions being bad, for example.