Problem using enumerated types

[Stryker4526]

Alright, here's my code:

package edu.grcc.co117.game.cards;

public class Card {
	public static Rank rank;
	public static Suit suit;

	public Card() {
		this(Rank.ACE, Suit.SPADES);
	}

	public Card(Rank rank, Suit suit) {
		Card.rank = rank;
		Card.suit = suit;
	}

	/**
	 * @param args
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Card hand[] = { new Card(rank, suit), new Card(Rank.KING, suit),
				new Card(Rank.QUEEN, suit), new Card(Rank.JACK, suit),
				new Card(Rank.TEN, suit) };
		System.out.println("The cards in my hand are: ");
		for (int i = 0; i < hand.length; i++) {
			System.out.println(hand[i].rank + " of " + hand[i].suit + ".");
		}

	}
}

And here's my output:

The cards in my hand are: 
TEN of null.
TEN of null.
TEN of null.
TEN of null.
TEN of null.

Now my problem is I want my output to be of the format "The cards in my hand are:
RANK of SUIT," but why the heck is it giving me this output?

[pbrockway2]

You have made both rank and suit static: that is there is only one value of Rank and Suit that all cards will share.

The last card that was added to the array ("new Card(Rank.TEN, suit)") sets this shared Rank value to TEN hence all of the cards report this as their rank when you print them. You don't set the static suit value anywhere, so it has the default value null.

Change rank and suit so that they are no longer static. Then fix main() so that it does whatever it is supposed to.

[Stryker4526]

You have made both rank and suit static: that is there is only one value of Rank and Suit that all cards will share.

The last card that was added to the array ("new Card(Rank.TEN, suit)") sets this shared Rank value to TEN hence all of the cards report this as their rank when you print them. You don't set the static suit value anywhere, so it has the default value null.

Change rank and suit so that they are no longer static. Then fix main() so that it does whatever it is supposed to.

Ah... thanks, got it.

[pbrockway2]

You're welcome.