Object name by string variable?

[zerkz]

Hello, I am making a class/program that will create a deck of cards for me.

However, I have a method that creates more then one deck ,if the user means to.

It goes like this.

card[] deck1 = new Card[47]; (47 is the amount of cards in a deck).

What i wish to do , is to allow my method to be able to change the object name, so i can make different decks (aka deck2, deck3), via using a loop

createDeck(int NumberOfDecks){
for(int i = 0;i <= NumberOfDecks; i++){
card[] deck + i = new Card[47].
}

However, it does not seem to like me doing this.. is there any way possible?

If not, I could just create a number of decks in the same array, and keep track of which cards belong to each deck, but this is a very messy way of solving a problem like this.

[pbrockway2]

You don't have variables that are dynamic like this is Java.

Use a double array of Card. (where "array" could be a List.)

[CodesAway]

Usually, a method would create 1 deck. Then, using it, you could create multiple decks from it. This allows you to store the multiple decks in a collection of your choice, or an array. Also, the decks could contain a different number of cards.

However, if you want to store multiple decks, choose a collection/arary and store them.

Deck[] decks = new Deck[numberOfDecks];

for (int i = 0; i < numberOfDecks; i++)
{
	decks[i] = createDeck(numberOfCards);
}

return decks;

P.S. If you're creating a deck, check out the shuffle method in the Collections interface

[zerkz]

You don't have variables that are dynamic like this is Java.

Use a double array of Card. (where "array" could be a List.)

How would one use a double array?

[pbrockway2]

How would one use a double array?

Card[][] createDeck(int numberOfDecks) {
    return new Card[numberOfDecks][47];
}

This just creates (and returns) the right number of packs. Like your example it does not actually put anything into the packs.

For the example the third deck out of 10 might be accessed with:

Card[][] packArr = createDeck(10);
// ...
System.out.println(packArr[3]); // prints the third pack

    // puts something ito the third pack
for(indx = 0 ndx < 47; ndx++) {
    packArr[3][ndx] = new Card(/*some argument*/);
}