For the guys who helped on the card.java file I did thnaks a lot I got that done. I have now moved onto the next part of that and have to complete this skeleton file.
this is the spec for this file.
This class has two attributes: an array of Cards holding the 52 cards of the deck; an int that holds the number of cards in the deck, (this attribute is not used in this homework but may be used later)
The class also has a void shuffle() method and a String toString() method
The skeleton class
/** * This class represents a deck of 52 playing cards. * * @author Ian Bradley * @version 6/2/07 */ public class Deck { // DECLARE THE ATTRIBUTES HERE private Card [] deck = COMPLETE; private int numberOfCards ; /** * Creates a deck of 52 playing cards * The deck is set up in the order SPADES, DIAMONDS, CLUBS,HEARTS */ public Deck() { String [] suits = {"SPADES","DIAMONDS","CLUBS","HEARTS"}; //FOR EACH SUIT //FOR EACH RANK //INSTANTIATE A ELEMENT OF deck AS A CARD numberOfCards = 52; } /** * shuffles the deck of cards. * */ public void shuffle() { Card temp; //loop through each card in the deck and swap it with some random card. FOR EACH CARD IN THE DECK { int rand = (int)(Math.random()*52); //TAKE THE CURRENT CARD... //AND SWAP IT WITH THE RAND CARD... } } /** * Returns a representation of the deck as a string * one card per line * * @return the deck as a String */ public String toString() { String deckString = ""; //BUILD THE STRING return deckString; } }
Okay so I have started doing this and keep gettin errors on my array of objects. It keeps saying I need [] brackets.
here is my code.
class Deck
{
Deck card[] = new Deck [52];
card[0] ="SPADES Ace"; card[20] ="DIAMONDS 8"; card[39] = "HEARTS Ace";
card[1] ="SPADES 2"; card[21] ="DIAMONDS 9"; card[40] = "HEARTS 2";
card[2] ="SPADES 3"; card[22] ="DIAMONDS 10"; card[41] = "HEARTS 3";
card[3] ="SPADES 4"; card[23] ="DIAMONDS jack"; card[42] = "HEARTS 4";
card[4] ="SPADES 5"; card[24] ="DIAMONDS queen"; card[43] = "HEARTS 5";
card[5] ="SPADES 6"; card[25] ="DIAMONDS king"; card[44] = "HEARTS 6";
card[6] ="SPADES 7"; card[45] = "HEARTS 7";
card[7] ="SPADES 8"; card[26] ="CLUBS Ace"; card[46] = "HEARTS 8";
card[8] ="SPADES 9"; card[27] ="CLUBS 2"; card[47] = "HEARTS 9";
card[9] ="SPADES 10"; card[28] ="CLUBS 3"; card[48] = "HEARTS 10";
card[10] ="SPADES jack"; card[29] ="CLUBS 4"; card[59] = "HEARTS jack";
card[11] ="SPADES queen"; card[30] ="CLUBS 5"; card[50] = "HEARTS queen";
card[12] ="SPADES king"; card[31] ="CLUBS 6"; card[51] = "HEARTS king";
card[13] ="DIAMONDS Ace"; card[32] ="CLUBS 7";
card[14] ="DIAMONDS 2"; card[33] ="CLUBS 8";
card[15] ="DIAMONDS 3"; card[34] ="CLUBS 9";
card[16] ="DIAMONDS 4"; card[35] ="CLUBS 10";
card[17] ="DIAMONDS 5"; card[36] ="CLUBS jack";
card[18] ="DIAMONDS 6"; card[37] ="CLUBS queen";
card[19] ="DIAMONDS 7"; card[38] ="CLUBS king";
int numberOfCards = 52;
public void shuffle()
{
Card temp;
//loop through each card in the deck and swap it with some random card.
//FOR EACH CARD IN THE DECK
{
int rand = (int)(Math.random()*52);
//TAKE THE CURRENT CARD...
//AND SWAP IT WITH THE RAND CARD...
}
}
public String toString()
{
String deckString = "";
//BUILD THE STRING
return deckString;
}
}
I have tried to assign each card to a location in the array but I can't get it to work. any ideas?