Looking for specific combinations in rows of a matrix

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I am simulating the probability of combinations in a single throw of Yahtzee dice and have been trying to figure out how to look for specific combinations without using complicated loops. For example I am looking for 4-of-a-kind with the remaining die being a different number, so not a Yahtzee.
I have code that detects a Yahtzee using a for loop and another that finds combos like 11112, 11113, etc.
%% Build Simulation Matrix
N = 1e6; % number of runs
dice = 5; % number of dice
vals = 6; % # of sides on dice
H = randi(vals,N,dice); % fill matrix
%% Initialize Counts
yahtzee = 0; % part ii
four_of_a_kind = 0; % part iii
%% Find Yahtzees (Part ii)
for rr = 1:N
if (H(rr,:)==H(rr,1)) % find all Yahtzee rolls in H by comparing
yahtzee = yahtzee + 1; % the first value to the remaining values
end % in each row
end
%% Find 4-of-a-kinds (Part iii)
for rr = 1:N
if ((H(rr,(2:end-1))==H(rr,1)))& ... % find 4-of-a-kind
((H(rr,end)~=H(rr,1)))
four_of_a_kind = four_of_a_kind + 1;
end
end
Edit: Here is the answer that worked best. Thanks again, David!
H=sort(H,2);
h=diff(H,1,2);
hh=h==0;
hhh=sum(hh,2);
yahtzee=sum(hhh==4);
four_of_a_kind=sum(ismember(hh,[1 1 1 0],'rows'))+sum(ismember(hh,[0 1 1 1],'rows'));

Accepted Answer

David Hill
David Hill on 10 Sep 2019
No loops!
if unique(H)==1%yahtzee
a=diff(sort(H));
if sum(a==0)==3%4-or-a-kind
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Tyler Holliday
Tyler Holliday on 10 Sep 2019
Thanks, David, that worked a lot better than my complicated loops. I was close to figuring it out but was struggling to properly use diff().
David Hill
David Hill on 10 Sep 2019
short_straight=sum(s==3)-sum(ismember(h,[1 2 1 1],'rows'))-sum(ismember(h,[1 2 1 1],'rows'));
pairs=sum(hhh==1)-sum(ismember(h,[0 1 1 1],'rows'))-sum(ismember(h,[1 0 1 1],'rows'))-sum(ismember(h,[1 1 0 1],'rows'))-sum(ismember(h,[1 1 1 0],'rows'));
nothing=N-yahtzee-pairs-two_pairs-three_of_kind-short_straight-long_straight-full_house-four_of_a_kind;

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