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    Default Please please help me

    Hello all!!

    Please please help me..Iīve got stuck, and really bad to. I have tried so many different ways now and really donīt know what to do anymore..

    I have an assigment for school, the deadline is very very close, that I need some help with. Here is a copy of it:


    Write a class called deckOfCards. The class shall be able to create a deck of cards (52 different cards), shuffle the deck and pull the top card from the deck.

    Then write a program that uses the class deckOfCards, for example create an object of the class, shuffle the cards and print out the top card with its suit (spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs) and value (1-13).



    Can anyone please provide me with a code for it. I know I will not learn anything by not doing it by myself , it is just that I have run out of ideas...and have stared at the screen now for what seams an eternity.


    So if there is anyone more clever than me out there, please help..

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    Default Re: Please please help me

    I'd rather not give you completely working code, but rather here's some pointers and pseudo-code that should help:

    For a computer, the most efficient method of shuffling cards is to draw a random card and put that on the top. Then, repeat until the deck you're drawing from is empty. When you remove a card, depending on what kind of data structure you have you can mark it as null, or completely get rid of it from the drawing deck.

    Here's some pseudo-code:
    for every card in deckToShuffle:
         pick one at random
         put it in shuffledDeck
         remove it from deckToShuffle
    end

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    Default Re: Please please help me

    Here is how I would attack a problem like this.

    First consider the structure of the program. I love uml, so I nearly always make uml models before starting on implementation. (Google uml if you dont know it)

    I would suggest a structure like the following.

    A Card class, which contains info about a specific card. This class should contain atleast
    -Instance vars of a the cards value and the color of the card (spade, diamond etc).
    -An overwritten toString() to print these variables.

    A deck class, which contains a composition of cards. Contains info and operations about the deck as a whole.
    To hold the cards I would suggest looking in the Collections framework for somthing suitable. ArrayList could be an option.
    The deck class should contain atleast:
    -A shuffle method (Math.Random could be used)
    -A draw method

    A driver class. This could be contained in the deck class, but my personal preference is to keep it isolated.
    This class should instantiate your other classes and call the sutable methods.

    Hope this helps. If implementation gives you a concrete problem, feel free to post i here, and I will answer it. I will however not write the whole program for you

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    Default Re: Please please help me

    Knuth / Fisher-Yates Shuffle, google it. You will get the best shuffling algorithm there is for a real time solution.

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    Default Re: Please please help me

    that's what i described

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    Default Re: Please please help me

    I know, but he should know what its called and do a bit more reading on it so he isnt a dimwit like myself (y)

    Chris