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Quick Summary

Determine if five playing cards form a consecutive numerical sequence.
Convert face cards to integers and handle 'A' as either 1 or 14.
Validate that sorted values differ by exactly one across all adjacent pairs.

What This Tests

String-to-integer mapping and data normalization
Sorting and linear sequence verification
Handling ambiguous edge cases (Ace dual role)
Fixed-input size optimization techniques

Common Patterns

SortingHashingGreedy

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