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Thread: Help with my code for project DeckOfCards

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    Default Help with my code for project DeckOfCards

    I need to make a flush method and I've been trying different things based off what I've read and what my instructor has told me.
    1. Add a method getSuit to class Card
    2. Modify the class TestGame to deal a five-card poker hand
    3. Modify the class DeckOfCards to include a method that determines a hand contains a flush



    I've added bold to the code that has error.


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    import java.security.SecureRandom;

    public class DeckOfCards {
    private static final SecureRandom randomNumbers = new SecureRandom();
    private static final int NUM_OF_CARDS = 52;

    private Card[] deck = new Card[NUM_OF_CARDS];
    int[] hand = new int[5];
    private int currentCard = 0;



    public DeckOfCards() {
    String[] faces = {"Ace", "Deuce", "Three", "Four", "Five", "Six",
    "Seven", "Eight", "Nine", "Ten", "Jack", "Queen", "King"};

    String[] suits = {"Hearts", "Clubs", "Diamonds", "Spades"};

    // populate deck with card objects
    for (int count = 0; count < NUM_OF_CARDS; count++) {
    deck[count] = new Card(faces[count % 13], suits[count / 13]);
    }
    } // end of DeckOfCards constructor

    public void shuffle() {

    // after shuffling, dealing should start at deck{[0]
    currentCard = 0;// reinitliaze currentCard

    // for each Card, pick another random Card (0-51) and swap them
    for(int first = 0; first < deck.length; first++) {

    // select a random number between 0 and 51
    int second = randomNumbers.nextInt(NUM_OF_CARDS);

    Card temp = deck[first];
    deck[first] = deck[second];
    deck[second] = temp;
    } // end of loop
    } // end of method shuffle

    public Card dealCard() {
    if (currentCard < deck.length) {
    return deck[currentCard++];
    } else {
    return null;
    }
    }

    public Card dealHand() {
    if (currentCard < 5 ) {
    return deck[currentCard++];
    } else {
    return null;
    }
    } // end of method

    flush(hand);

    public Card flush(int hand[]) {
    String suit = hand{0}.getSuit();
    for(int i = 1; i < hand.length; i++){
    if (hand[i].getSuit() != suit){
    ret
    }
    return null;
    }
    }

    }// end of class

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    public class Card {
    private final String face; //face of card ("Ace", "duce", ...)
    private final String suit; // suit of a card ("hearts:, "diamonds",...)

    // constructor of Card object
    public Card(String cardFace, String cardSuit) {
    this.face = cardFace;
    this.suit = cardSuit;
    } // end of constructor

    public String toString() {
    return face + " of " + suit;
    } // end of toSTring

    public String getSuit(){
    return this.suit;
    } // end of getSuit

    } // end of class



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    public class TestGame {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO code application logic here
    DeckOfCards myDeck = new DeckOfCards();
    Card[] hand = new Card[5];

    for(int card = 0; card < 52; card++){
    System.out.printf("%-19s", myDeck.dealCard());
    if ((card % 4) == 0) {
    System.out.println();
    }
    } // end of for

    // shuffle the entire deck
    myDeck.shuffle();
    System.out.println("\n\n");
    System.out.println("Shuffled deck of cards:");
    for(int card = 0; card < 52; card++){
    System.out.printf("%-19s", myDeck.dealCard());

    if ((card % 4) == 0) {
    System.out.println();
    }
    } // end of for
    for(int i=0; i <= 5;i++){
    hand[i] = myDeck.dealHand();
    System.out.printf("%-19s", myDeck.dealHand());
    }
    } // end of main method
    } // end of class

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    Default Re: Help with my code for project DeckOfCards

    Where are your TestGame class? Please specific the errors too
    Whatever you are, be a good one

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    Default Re: Help with my code for project DeckOfCards

    Hi,

    You can't use == or != on Strings, you have to use the equals() method:
    if (hand[i].getSuit().equals(suit) == false){
    // etc.
    }
    Also, if the method is supposed to tell whether or not the hand is a flush, what kind of data type should it return? Are you sure it should return a Card?

    Another thing, curly braces are not the correct way to access an array element:
    hand{0}.getSuit();

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