Assigning values to objects.

[LoganC]

I am having some trouble understanding how to assign values to objects. I am trying to assign it so that method handScore will return the four cards in the method. I want to make it so that Ace of hearts = 1, five of diamonds = 5, jack of clubs = 10, etc

package cards;
 
/**
 *
 * @author Logan
 */
class Card {
    int suit, rank;
 
    public Card () {
        this.suit = 0; this.rank = 0;
    }
 
    public Card (int suit, int rank){
        this.suit = suit; this.rank = rank;
    }
    public static void printCard (Card c) {
    String[] suits = { "Clubs", "Diamonds", "Hearts", "Spades" };
    String[] ranks = { "narf", "Ace", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6",
       "7", "8", "9", "10", "Jack", "Queen", "King" };
        System.out.println (ranks[c.rank] + " of " + suits[c.suit]);      
 
}
    public static void buildDeck () {
        int index = 0;
        Card[] deck = new Card [52];
        for (int suit = 0; suit <= 3; suit++) {
            for (int rank = 1; rank <= 13; rank++) {
                deck[index] = new Card (suit, rank);
                index++;
            }
        }
 
    }
    public static int handScore () {
        Card threeOfClubs = new Card (0, 3);
        Card aceOfHearts = new Card (3, 1);
        Card fiveOfDiamonds = new Card (2, 5);
        Card jackofHearts = new Card (3, 10);
 
        return threeOfClubs+aceOfHearts+fiveOfDiamonds+jackOfHearts;
 
    }
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Card card = new Card (1, 11);
        printCard (card);
    }
}

[helloworld922]

Adding two arbitrary objects together doesn't inherently make sense (what does a JLabel added to another JLabel mean?).

You need to extract the value you're interested in and operate on those values.

Here's a small example of how to access a field from an object:

// adds the rank of two cards together and stores the result into rank_total
int rank_total = card1.rank + card2.rank;

[LoganC]

Would this be the correct application?

public int handScore () {
 
 
        Card threeOfClubs = new Card (0, 3);
        Card aceOfHearts = new Card (3, 1);
        Card fiveOfDiamonds = new Card (2, 5);
        Card jackofHearts = new Card (3, 10);
        int total = threeOfClubs.rank + aceOfHearts.rank + ;
        return total;
 
    }

[C++kingKnowledge]

ur first problem would be the constructor u declared with no parameter... instead of assigning the values like u did use ur second constructor and pass 0 as the parameters... what exactly is the point of ur handScore method? did u intend on it returning the same value every time it is called or did u want it to generate different results based on the user's input?

[curmudgeon]

ur first problem would be the constructor u declared with no parameter... instead of assigning the values like u did use ur second constructor and pass 0 as the parameters...

What's wrong with this? Why is there a problem with his two constructors, one a default constructor which assigns default values to his fields, and the other a parameter accepting constructor that directly assigns the parameter values to the fields? They look good to me.

what exactly is the point of ur handScore method? did u intend on it returning the same value every time it is called or did u want it to generate different results based on the user's input?

Now this is a good question since it speaks to his hard-coding the Card objects within the method making it a fairly useless method.

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[LoganC]

It is just part of my assignment that I have to use the handScore method to figure out the "score" of the current hand of the beholder, I just wanted to test by using my own arrays and then modify it. I just wanted to get the 'value' which is defined in another method for example; ace of spaces = 1, king of clubs = 10, and 4 of spades = 4. In my handScore, I am trying to add and return a 'hand' of cards. I just need to know how to add these hands and return the total.