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Thread: Two-dimensional Array representing playing cards

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    Default 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:
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    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.


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    Default Re: Two-dimensional Array representing playing cards

    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

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    Default Re: Two-dimensional Array representing playing cards

    how to assign the suit for the first dimension
    Define int varaibles like this to use as the first index into the 2 dim array
    final int ClubIdx = 0;
    final int DiamondIdx = 1;
    etc
    ...
     
    cards[ClubIdx]  is the one dim array holding the Clubs
    cards[HeartIdx][0]  is the first Heart card

    would I need to define all of the cards for the second dimension?
    Depends on how the array is used. Each second dim can be a one dim array of different size. For example
    cards[ClubIdx].length does not need to be the same value as
    cards[SpadeIdx].length
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