Thread: Two-dimensional Array representing playing cards

My two-dimensional array is:
String[][] cards

The first dimension is to represent the suit and the second dimension will represent the type of card(from ace to King)

I want the constructor to take one parameter, which will represent the suit of the trump. Then the cards should be given the following values based on the trump suit:
Non trump from 2 to 10 = 1 point
non trump jack = 2
non trump queen = 3
non trump king = 4
non trump ace = 5
any trump card = non trump value + 1

How do I assign these values so that I can print out the methods:

returning the trump suit, by name
I used:
[code = Java]
String get_trump_suit()
{
return trump_suit;
}
[/code]

another method printing the whole deck of cards, suit by suit, with the value for each card.

And finally, a method taking a String as a parameter representing a suit, and returning the total value of the cards in that suit.

I need help getting started in this program! Thank you.

I know how to use classes and objects but I am not good with the arrays. I am not sure how to assign the suit for the first dimension because I also had to create a single dimensional array for the suits. So can I put that single dimensional array into the first dimension of the multi dimensional array. and also would I need to define all of the cards for the second dimension? or is there an easier way