[SOLVED] Stuck in need of help!

[Zombie_Leg!]

I'm trying to write a program using two seperate classes to make a deck of cards. One will create the cards assigning a number 0-51 for each card along with a value (Ace-King) and a suit. Then the other class will construct an arraylist that creates the deck. I'm not sure how to go about doing this...I can use the system.out.print to make the deck, or I think maybe with arrays. But I don't know how to use arraylists. :confused:

Thanks for any help!

[Fubarable]

I'd give Google a try looking for an ArrayList tutorial. Have a look here as some of these links look promising. Then why not come back if you have any questions after reading this?

java arraylist tutorial collections - Google Search

[Zombie_Leg!]

Okay, I see it's like using an array but you can continue adding to it or remove items. Which is really cool! But I'm not seeing how I would construct the card in one class then use that to make the arraylist in another. I could prolly do it in the same class (which I did with an array) but I guess the seperate classes is throwing me off... here's my code for my array of the deck.

public class Deck
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String[] suit = { "Clubs", "Diamonds", "Spades", "Hearts" };
String[] value = { "A", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9",
"T", "J", "Q", "K" };


int SUIT = suit.length;
int VALUE = value.length;
int D = VALUE * SUIT;

// initialize deck
ArrayList deck = new String[D];
for (int i = 0; i < SUIT; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < VALUE; j++)
{
deck[VALUE*i + j] = value[j] + " of " + suit[i];
}
}


// print deck
for (int i = 0; i < D; i++)
{
System.out.println(deck[i]);
}
}

}

[Zombie_Leg!]

Sorry, this is the right code, I'm trying to make an arraylist.

public class Deck
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String[] suit = { "Clubs", "Diamonds", "Spades", "Hearts" };
String[] value = { "A", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9",
"T", "J", "Q", "K" };


int SUIT = suit.length;
int VALUE = value.length;
int D = VALUE * SUIT;

// initialize deck
String[] deck= new String[D];
for (int i = 0; i < SUIT; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < VALUE; j++)
{
deck[VALUE*i + j] = value[j] + " of " + suit[i];
}
}


// print deck
for (int i = 0; i < D; i++)
{
System.out.println(deck[i]);
}
}

}

[Fubarable]

Sorry, this is the right code, I'm trying to make an arraylist.

There is no ArrayList to be found in that code. Please read and study a decent tutorial before rushing into code.

[Zombie_Leg!]

I know, I'm trying to write an arraylist now using a tutorial. What I'm asking is how I would define an object in one class then use that to create an arraylist in a seperate class. Like would I need to import the class I wrote into it or is there some other way? (Sorry if I'm not making sense...)

[Fubarable]

You simply create a Card class, then in your Deck class, have an ArrayList<Card> and start adding Cards to this ArrayList.

[serjant]

static void cardList(int numHands,int cardsPerHand){
          List<String> deck,hand;
          //52-card deck

         Srting[] suit=new String[]{"S","H","D","C"};
         String[] rank=new String[]{"A","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10","J","Q","K"};
         deck=new ArrayList<String>();
         for(int i=0;i<deck.length;i++){
			for(int j=i;j<deck.length;j++){
				deck.add(rank[i]+"-"+suit[j]);
			}
		}
		Collections.shuffle(deck);//shuffles the heap of the crads

               //dealing the cards
              for(int i=0;i<numHands;i++){
                        hand=deck.subList(deck.size()-cardsPerHand,deck.size());
                        System.out.println(hand);
                        //hand.clear();//removes the sub-list from the list
}
}

[Fubarable]

static void cardList(int numHands,int cardsPerHand){

* sigh ... *

[Zombie_Leg!]

Heh, I don't believe that code means anything to my program.

[serjant]

shitttttttt,i was hurrying
LOL

public void cardList(int numHands,int cardsPerHand){

[Fubarable]

Good. Keep studying and learning. We'll help you as we can, but you'll gain much more by attempting as much as you can on your own.

[Zombie_Leg!]

Okay I got this. Now if I had a Card class, think this would work?

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class DeckOfCards
{
ArrayList<Card> deck = new ArrayList();
Card cards[] = new Card[52];
for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
for(int j = 0; j < 13; j++)
{
cards[i * 13 + j] = new Card(j + 1, i + 1);
deck.add(cards[i * 13 + j]);
}
}

}