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Thread: Assigning values to objects.

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    Default Assigning values to objects.

    I am having some trouble understanding how to assign values to objects. I am trying to assign it so that method handScore will return the four cards in the method. I want to make it so that Ace of hearts = 1, five of diamonds = 5, jack of clubs = 10, etc

    package cards;
     
    /**
     *
     * @author Logan
     */
    class Card {
        int suit, rank;
     
        public Card () {
            this.suit = 0; this.rank = 0;
        }
     
        public Card (int suit, int rank){
            this.suit = suit; this.rank = rank;
        }
        public static void printCard (Card c) {
        String[] suits = { "Clubs", "Diamonds", "Hearts", "Spades" };
        String[] ranks = { "narf", "Ace", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6",
           "7", "8", "9", "10", "Jack", "Queen", "King" };
            System.out.println (ranks[c.rank] + " of " + suits[c.suit]);      
     
    }
        public static void buildDeck () {
            int index = 0;
            Card[] deck = new Card [52];
            for (int suit = 0; suit <= 3; suit++) {
                for (int rank = 1; rank <= 13; rank++) {
                    deck[index] = new Card (suit, rank);
                    index++;
                }
            }
     
        }
        public static int handScore () {
            Card threeOfClubs = new Card (0, 3);
            Card aceOfHearts = new Card (3, 1);
            Card fiveOfDiamonds = new Card (2, 5);
            Card jackofHearts = new Card (3, 10);
     
            return threeOfClubs+aceOfHearts+fiveOfDiamonds+jackOfHearts;
     
        }
     
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            Card card = new Card (1, 11);
            printCard (card);
        }
    }


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    Default Re: Assigning values to objects.

    Adding two arbitrary objects together doesn't inherently make sense (what does a JLabel added to another JLabel mean?).

    You need to extract the value you're interested in and operate on those values.

    Here's a small example of how to access a field from an object:
    // adds the rank of two cards together and stores the result into rank_total
    int rank_total = card1.rank + card2.rank;

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    Default Re: Assigning values to objects.

    Would this be the correct application?
    public int handScore () {
     
     
            Card threeOfClubs = new Card (0, 3);
            Card aceOfHearts = new Card (3, 1);
            Card fiveOfDiamonds = new Card (2, 5);
            Card jackofHearts = new Card (3, 10);
            int total = threeOfClubs.rank + aceOfHearts.rank + ;
            return total;
     
        }

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    Default Re: Assigning values to objects.

    ur first problem would be the constructor u declared with no parameter... instead of assigning the values like u did use ur second constructor and pass 0 as the parameters... what exactly is the point of ur handScore method? did u intend on it returning the same value every time it is called or did u want it to generate different results based on the user's input?

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    Default Re: Assigning values to objects.

    Quote Originally Posted by C++kingKnowledge View Post
    ur first problem would be the constructor u declared with no parameter... instead of assigning the values like u did use ur second constructor and pass 0 as the parameters...
    What's wrong with this? Why is there a problem with his two constructors, one a default constructor which assigns default values to his fields, and the other a parameter accepting constructor that directly assigns the parameter values to the fields? They look good to me.

    what exactly is the point of ur handScore method? did u intend on it returning the same value every time it is called or did u want it to generate different results based on the user's input?
    Now this is a good question since it speaks to his hard-coding the Card objects within the method making it a fairly useless method.

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    3. Extra letters don't cost anything here, so you might as well use them.

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    Default Re: Assigning values to objects.

    It is just part of my assignment that I have to use the handScore method to figure out the "score" of the current hand of the beholder, I just wanted to test by using my own arrays and then modify it. I just wanted to get the 'value' which is defined in another method for example; ace of spaces = 1, king of clubs = 10, and 4 of spades = 4. In my handScore, I am trying to add and return a 'hand' of cards. I just need to know how to add these hands and return the total.

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