Thread: How can I get my card game running?

Firstly, I would like to point out that this assignment is already past due so even if you were to program it for me, it would do me no good other than me learning it. I have been trying to figure out how to program this but I have had no luck. I simply want someone to guide me on how to do this and not so much tell me how to do it but help me so I can figure it out. Any advice would be helpful.

Here is what I was given

CSCI 3326, Lab3: Create a deck of playing cards

Topics: Objects, private versus public attributes and methods, ArrayList/LinkedList containers, object composition

Create a ‘Card’ class (in a file named Card.java) to get part 1 of the Driver.java test program working. Next, create a ‘DeckOfCards’ class (in a file named DeckOfCards.java) and get the remaining steps of the program working. The Driver.java provides test code along with the proper output of the test run.

 
import java.util.*;
 
public class Driver
{
	public static void main(String [] args)
	{
 
		//Step 1:  Test Card class
		Card joker, fiveHeart, eightClub, aceDiamond, kingSpade;
 
		joker = new Card();
		fiveHeart = new Card(5,"heart");
		eightClub = new Card(8, "club");
		aceDiamond = new Card(1, "diamond");
		kingSpade = new Card(13, "spade");
 
 
		System.out.println("Here are the cards: " + joker + ", " + fiveHeart + ", " +
							eightClub + ", " + aceDiamond + ", " + kingSpade);
 
		System.out.println("Testing 'getNum' method: " + eightClub.getNumber());
 
		System.out.println("Testing 'getSuit' method: " + aceDiamond.getSuit());
 
 
		//Step 2:  test the deck: make a constructor to create the
		//standard deck of 52 cards
		DeckOfCards deck;
		deck = new DeckOfCards();
 
		System.out.println(deck);
 
		//Step 3: shuffle deck and deal a hand..
		//Note:  dealing a card should remove and return the top card from the deck.
		deck.shuffle();
 
		for(int i=0; i<5; i++)
			System.out.println( deck.dealTopCard() );
 
		System.out.println("");
 
 
		//Step 4: try a special deck:
		ArrayList<String> monsters = new ArrayList<String>();
		monsters.add("orc");
		monsters.add("goblin");
		monsters.add("owlbear");
		monsters.add("snake");
		monsters.add("shinyskinvampire");
 
		DeckOfCards fantasyDeck = new DeckOfCards(10, 12, monsters);
 
		fantasyDeck.shuffle();
		System.out.println(fantasyDeck);
 
//Below is a sample output for the above test program.
 
/*
Here are the cards: 0 of jokers, 5 of hearts, 8 of clubs, ace of diamonds, king
of spades
Testing 'getNum' method: 8
Testing 'getSuit' method: diamond
ace of hearts
ace of spades
ace of diamonds
ace of clubs
2 of hearts
2 of spades
2 of diamonds
2 of clubs
3 of hearts
3 of spades
3 of diamonds
3 of clubs
4 of hearts
4 of spades
4 of diamonds
4 of clubs
5 of hearts
5 of spades
5 of diamonds
5 of clubs
6 of hearts
6 of spades
6 of diamonds
6 of clubs
7 of hearts
7 of spades
7 of diamonds
7 of clubs
8 of hearts
8 of spades
8 of diamonds
8 of clubs
9 of hearts
9 of spades
9 of diamonds
9 of clubs
10 of hearts
10 of spades
10 of diamonds
10 of clubs
jack of hearts
jack of spades
jack of diamonds
jack of clubs
queen of hearts
queen of spades
queen of diamonds
queen of clubs
king of hearts
king of spades
king of diamonds
king of clubs
 
2 of clubs
7 of hearts
8 of diamonds
ace of hearts
5 of spades
 
jack of snakes
queen of orcs
10 of shinyskinvampires
queen of goblins
queen of snakes
10 of orcs
queen of owlbears
10 of goblins
10 of snakes
jack of shinyskinvampires
jack of goblins
jack of orcs
jack of owlbears
queen of shinyskinvampires
10 of owlbears
 
*/
 
 
	}
 
}