How to do this task using Java Programming?

Question

Design, implement and test a program to represent a pack of cards as an array of integers; the array should hold the values 1 to 52 to represent each of the individual cards; 1 to 13 for Hearts, 14 to 27 Clubs and so on.

The following methods should be developed:

- A method to output the value of the card given an integer; that is something like 4 Hearts or King of Spades

- A method to shuffle the cards

- A method to deal a number of cards from a pack

- Any other methods that you choose to add.

Answer 1

This looks suspiciously like a homework question.

It's certainly not a trivial task.

Start it off and ask again if you get stuck!

Regards

G  

Answer 2

Won't write your homework for you, but will give you a few hints.

The 'deck' itself will be an integer array of 52, obviously.

Changing a numeric value to a string equivalent sounds like a job for 2 enum structures and some modulus division.

Dealing would simply be stepping thru the deck array.

Shuffle is the tricky part...easiest way to do this is with a 'unshuffled' and 'shuffled' deck array.

1) Initialize the shuffled array to zeroes

2) Seed your randomize function

3) For i 0->51

a) Randomize for value j between 0 and 51-i

b) Move unshuffled(j) to shuffled(i)

c) For k j->51-i move unshuffled(k) to unshuffled(k-1)