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Posted: 31st Dec 2007 06:45 Edited at: 31st Dec 2007 06:47

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Hi, I was just wondering if anyone had any examples or tips for creating the logic for a card game. Mainly I am trying to find the best way to create the 52 cards and a way to select random cards with no duplicates.

My idea so far is to create 4 arrays (one for each suit), then each array be the 13 possible cards. I could have a function select a random suit then a random card from that suit. However I am stumped when I start thinking about how to do this without duplicates. Maybe keep drawn cards in a separate array that I could check against every time I try to draw a random card?

Any pointers would really be appreciated!

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Just wanted to add what I have come up with so far.

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`array of 52 cards in a deck
DIM deck(4,13)
`spades
deck(1,1) = 1    `ace
deck(1,2) = 2
deck(1,3) = 3
deck(1,4) = 4
deck(1,5) = 5
deck(1,6) = 6
deck(1,7) = 7
deck(1,8) = 8
deck(1,9) = 9
deck(1,10) = 10
deck(1,11) = 11  `jack
deck(1,12) = 12  `queen
deck(1,13) = 13  `king
`hearts
deck(2,1) = 1    `ace
deck(2,2) = 2
deck(2,3) = 3
deck(2,4) = 4
deck(2,5) = 5
deck(2,6) = 6
deck(2,7) = 7
deck(2,8) = 8
deck(2,9) = 9
deck(2,10) = 10
deck(2,11) = 11  `jack
deck(2,12) = 12  `queen
deck(2,13) = 13  `king
`diamonds
deck(3,1) = 1    `ace
deck(3,2) = 2
deck(3,3) = 3
deck(3,4) = 4
deck(3,5) = 5
deck(3,6) = 6
deck(3,7) = 7
deck(3,8) = 8
deck(3,9) = 9
deck(3,10) = 10
deck(3,11) = 11  `jack
deck(3,12) = 12  `queen
deck(3,13) = 13  `king
`clubs
deck(4,1) = 1    `ace
deck(4,2) = 2
deck(4,3) = 3
deck(4,4) = 4
deck(4,5) = 5
deck(4,6) = 6
deck(4,7) = 7
deck(4,8) = 8
deck(4,9) = 9
deck(4,10) = 10
deck(4,11) = 11  `jack
deck(4,12) = 12  `queen
deck(4,13) = 13  `king

`main loiop
do

if spacekey() = 1
      DrawCard()
      print "--------------------"
   endif

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loop

`draw a random card
function DrawCard()

suit = RND(3)+1
   card = RND(12)+1

print "suit: ", suit
   print "card: ", card

if suit = 1 then print "Spade, index of ", deck(suit,card)
   if suit = 2 then print "Heart, index of ", deck(suit,card)
   if suit = 3 then print "Diamond, index of ", deck(suit,card)
   if suit = 4 then print "Club, index of ", deck(suit,card)

endfunction

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`array of 52 cards in a deck
DIM deck(4,13)
`spades
deck(1,1) = 1    `ace
deck(1,2) = 2
deck(1,3) = 3
deck(1,4) = 4
deck(1,5) = 5
deck(1,6) = 6
deck(1,7) = 7
deck(1,8) = 8
deck(1,9) = 9
deck(1,10) = 10
deck(1,11) = 11  `jack
deck(1,12) = 12  `queen
deck(1,13) = 13  `king
`hearts
deck(2,1) = 1    `ace
deck(2,2) = 2
deck(2,3) = 3
deck(2,4) = 4
deck(2,5) = 5
deck(2,6) = 6
deck(2,7) = 7
deck(2,8) = 8
deck(2,9) = 9
deck(2,10) = 10
deck(2,11) = 11  `jack
deck(2,12) = 12  `queen
deck(2,13) = 13  `king
`diamonds
deck(3,1) = 1    `ace
deck(3,2) = 2
deck(3,3) = 3
deck(3,4) = 4
deck(3,5) = 5
deck(3,6) = 6
deck(3,7) = 7
deck(3,8) = 8
deck(3,9) = 9
deck(3,10) = 10
deck(3,11) = 11  `jack
deck(3,12) = 12  `queen
deck(3,13) = 13  `king
`clubs
deck(4,1) = 1    `ace
deck(4,2) = 2
deck(4,3) = 3
deck(4,4) = 4
deck(4,5) = 5
deck(4,6) = 6
deck(4,7) = 7
deck(4,8) = 8
deck(4,9) = 9
deck(4,10) = 10
deck(4,11) = 11  `jack
deck(4,12) = 12  `queen
deck(4,13) = 13  `king


`main loiop
do

   if spacekey() = 1
      DrawCard()
      print "--------------------"
   endif

   sync

loop

`draw a random card
function DrawCard()

   suit = RND(3)+1
   card = RND(12)+1

   print "suit: ", suit
   print "card: ", card

   if suit = 1 then print "Spade, index of ", deck(suit,card)
   if suit = 2 then print "Heart, index of ", deck(suit,card)
   if suit = 3 then print "Diamond, index of ", deck(suit,card)
   if suit = 4 then print "Club, index of ", deck(suit,card)

endfunction

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Well I could not sleep so I spent some time working on this and came up with a solution that seems to do the trick.

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`array of 52 cards in a deck
global DIM drawn(4,13)
global DIM deck(4,13)
`spades
deck(1,1) = 1    `ace
deck(1,2) = 2
deck(1,3) = 3
deck(1,4) = 4
deck(1,5) = 5
deck(1,6) = 6
deck(1,7) = 7
deck(1,8) = 8
deck(1,9) = 9
deck(1,10) = 10
deck(1,11) = 11  `jack
deck(1,12) = 12  `queen
deck(1,13) = 13  `king
`hearts
deck(2,1) = 1    `ace
deck(2,2) = 2
deck(2,3) = 3
deck(2,4) = 4
deck(2,5) = 5
deck(2,6) = 6
deck(2,7) = 7
deck(2,8) = 8
deck(2,9) = 9
deck(2,10) = 10
deck(2,11) = 11  `jack
deck(2,12) = 12  `queen
deck(2,13) = 13  `king
`diamonds
deck(3,1) = 1    `ace
deck(3,2) = 2
deck(3,3) = 3
deck(3,4) = 4
deck(3,5) = 5
deck(3,6) = 6
deck(3,7) = 7
deck(3,8) = 8
deck(3,9) = 9
deck(3,10) = 10
deck(3,11) = 11  `jack
deck(3,12) = 12  `queen
deck(3,13) = 13  `king
`clubs
deck(4,1) = 1    `ace
deck(4,2) = 2
deck(4,3) = 3
deck(4,4) = 4
deck(4,5) = 5
deck(4,6) = 6
deck(4,7) = 7
deck(4,8) = 8
deck(4,9) = 9
deck(4,10) = 10
deck(4,11) = 11  `jack
deck(4,12) = 12  `queen
deck(4,13) = 13  `king

`keep track of the # of cards drawn since last shuffle
global cnt as integer = 0

`main loiop
do

` press SPACE to draw a card
   if spacekey() = 1

DrawCard()

print "cards used: ", cnt
      print "--------------------"
      sleep 100
   endif

`press RETURN to shuffle deck
   if returnkey() = 1

ShuffleDeck()

print "the deck has been shuffled!"
      print "--------------------"
      sleep 100
   endif

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loop

`draw a random card
function DrawCard()

if cnt = 52
      print "no more cards left!"
      result = 0
   else
      suit = RND(3)+1
      card = RND(12)+1

while drawn(suit,card) = 1
         suit = RND(3)+1
         card = RND(12)+1
      endwhile

`mark card as drawn
      drawn(suit,card) = 1

print "suit: ", suit
      print "card: ", card

if suit = 1 then print "Spade, index of ", deck(suit,card)
      if suit = 2 then print "Heart, index of ", deck(suit,card)
      if suit = 3 then print "Diamond, index of ", deck(suit,card)
      if suit = 4 then print "Club, index of ", deck(suit,card)

cnt = cnt+1

result = 1
   endif
endfunction result

`shuffle the deck and make all cards available again
function ShuffleDeck()
   `reset counter
   cnt = 0

`remove all drawn cards from array
   drawn(1,1) = 0    `ace
   drawn(1,2) = 0
   drawn(1,3) = 0
   drawn(1,4) = 0
   drawn(1,5) = 0
   drawn(1,6) = 0
   drawn(1,7) = 0
   drawn(1,8) = 0
   drawn(1,9) = 0
   drawn(1,10) = 0
   drawn(1,11) = 0  `jack
   drawn(1,12) = 0  `queen
   drawn(1,13) = 0  `king
   `hearts
   drawn(2,1) = 0    `ace
   drawn(2,2) = 0
   drawn(2,3) = 0
   drawn(2,4) = 0
   drawn(2,5) = 0
   drawn(2,6) = 0
   drawn(2,7) = 0
   drawn(2,8) = 0
   drawn(2,9) = 0
   drawn(2,10) = 0
   drawn(2,11) = 0  `jack
   drawn(2,12) = 0  `queen
   drawn(2,13) = 0  `king
   `diamonds
   drawn(3,1) = 0    `ace
   drawn(3,2) = 0
   drawn(3,3) = 0
   drawn(3,4) = 0
   drawn(3,5) = 0
   drawn(3,6) = 0
   drawn(3,7) = 0
   drawn(3,8) = 0
   drawn(3,9) = 0
   drawn(3,10) = 0
   drawn(3,11) = 0  `jack
   drawn(3,12) = 0  `queen
   drawn(3,13) = 0  `king
   `clubs
   drawn(4,1) = 0    `ace
   drawn(4,2) = 0
   drawn(4,3) = 0
   drawn(4,4) = 0
   drawn(4,5) = 0
   drawn(4,6) = 0
   drawn(4,7) = 0
   drawn(4,8) = 0
   drawn(4,9) = 0
   drawn(4,10) = 0
   drawn(4,11) = 0  `jack
   drawn(4,12) = 0  `queen
   drawn(4,13) = 0  `king

endfunction

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`array of 52 cards in a deck
global DIM drawn(4,13)
global DIM deck(4,13)
`spades
deck(1,1) = 1    `ace
deck(1,2) = 2
deck(1,3) = 3
deck(1,4) = 4
deck(1,5) = 5
deck(1,6) = 6
deck(1,7) = 7
deck(1,8) = 8
deck(1,9) = 9
deck(1,10) = 10
deck(1,11) = 11  `jack
deck(1,12) = 12  `queen
deck(1,13) = 13  `king
`hearts
deck(2,1) = 1    `ace
deck(2,2) = 2
deck(2,3) = 3
deck(2,4) = 4
deck(2,5) = 5
deck(2,6) = 6
deck(2,7) = 7
deck(2,8) = 8
deck(2,9) = 9
deck(2,10) = 10
deck(2,11) = 11  `jack
deck(2,12) = 12  `queen
deck(2,13) = 13  `king
`diamonds
deck(3,1) = 1    `ace
deck(3,2) = 2
deck(3,3) = 3
deck(3,4) = 4
deck(3,5) = 5
deck(3,6) = 6
deck(3,7) = 7
deck(3,8) = 8
deck(3,9) = 9
deck(3,10) = 10
deck(3,11) = 11  `jack
deck(3,12) = 12  `queen
deck(3,13) = 13  `king
`clubs
deck(4,1) = 1    `ace
deck(4,2) = 2
deck(4,3) = 3
deck(4,4) = 4
deck(4,5) = 5
deck(4,6) = 6
deck(4,7) = 7
deck(4,8) = 8
deck(4,9) = 9
deck(4,10) = 10
deck(4,11) = 11  `jack
deck(4,12) = 12  `queen
deck(4,13) = 13  `king

`keep track of the # of cards drawn since last shuffle
global cnt as integer = 0

`main loiop
do

   ` press SPACE to draw a card
   if spacekey() = 1

      DrawCard()

      print "cards used: ", cnt
      print "--------------------"
      sleep 100
   endif

   `press RETURN to shuffle deck
   if returnkey() = 1

      ShuffleDeck()

      print "the deck has been shuffled!"
      print "--------------------"
      sleep 100
   endif

   sync

loop

`draw a random card
function DrawCard()

   if cnt = 52
      print "no more cards left!"
      result = 0
   else
      suit = RND(3)+1
      card = RND(12)+1

      while drawn(suit,card) = 1
         suit = RND(3)+1
         card = RND(12)+1
      endwhile

      `mark card as drawn
      drawn(suit,card) = 1

      print "suit: ", suit
      print "card: ", card

      if suit = 1 then print "Spade, index of ", deck(suit,card)
      if suit = 2 then print "Heart, index of ", deck(suit,card)
      if suit = 3 then print "Diamond, index of ", deck(suit,card)
      if suit = 4 then print "Club, index of ", deck(suit,card)


      cnt = cnt+1

      result = 1
   endif
endfunction result

`shuffle the deck and make all cards available again
function ShuffleDeck()
   `reset counter
   cnt = 0

   `remove all drawn cards from array
   drawn(1,1) = 0    `ace
   drawn(1,2) = 0
   drawn(1,3) = 0
   drawn(1,4) = 0
   drawn(1,5) = 0
   drawn(1,6) = 0
   drawn(1,7) = 0
   drawn(1,8) = 0
   drawn(1,9) = 0
   drawn(1,10) = 0
   drawn(1,11) = 0  `jack
   drawn(1,12) = 0  `queen
   drawn(1,13) = 0  `king
   `hearts
   drawn(2,1) = 0    `ace
   drawn(2,2) = 0
   drawn(2,3) = 0
   drawn(2,4) = 0
   drawn(2,5) = 0
   drawn(2,6) = 0
   drawn(2,7) = 0
   drawn(2,8) = 0
   drawn(2,9) = 0
   drawn(2,10) = 0
   drawn(2,11) = 0  `jack
   drawn(2,12) = 0  `queen
   drawn(2,13) = 0  `king
   `diamonds
   drawn(3,1) = 0    `ace
   drawn(3,2) = 0
   drawn(3,3) = 0
   drawn(3,4) = 0
   drawn(3,5) = 0
   drawn(3,6) = 0
   drawn(3,7) = 0
   drawn(3,8) = 0
   drawn(3,9) = 0
   drawn(3,10) = 0
   drawn(3,11) = 0  `jack
   drawn(3,12) = 0  `queen
   drawn(3,13) = 0  `king
   `clubs
   drawn(4,1) = 0    `ace
   drawn(4,2) = 0
   drawn(4,3) = 0
   drawn(4,4) = 0
   drawn(4,5) = 0
   drawn(4,6) = 0
   drawn(4,7) = 0
   drawn(4,8) = 0
   drawn(4,9) = 0
   drawn(4,10) = 0
   drawn(4,11) = 0  `jack
   drawn(4,12) = 0  `queen
   drawn(4,13) = 0  `king

endfunction

Any suggestions on tweaking this would be welcomed. Is there a better way for me to reset the drawn() array to all 0's? Setting each value individually looks so ugly, but it's the only way I knew.

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Posted: 31st Dec 2007 12:08 Edited at: 31st Dec 2007 12:09

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look into for ... next loops and save your fingers some wear and tear.

like this to set your deck up:

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dim deck(4,13)


for x = 1 to 4 `spades/hearts/diamonds/clubs

   for y = 1 to 13 `ace through king

      deck(x,y) = y

   next y

next x

if you want to set each to zero, change the line:

deck(x,y) = y

to read:

deck(x,y) = 0

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In general:
I'm not saying that your method can't be used in any way, but you might consider to use a one dimensional array and types(DBP) to determine which card is at which place easily.

For example:
if you have (DBP):

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type card
   suit
   index
endtype
dim Deck(52) as card

(remember there are 52 card in one deck)
The Deck(nr).suit will hold the suit, and Deck(nr).index will hold the index. That way, it's easy to determine the 9th card, or the 1st card either way.

Or in DBC just:

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dim Deck(52)

In DBC, we cannot use the types, so we will have to give each card a number.
1 - 13: Spade (ace through king)
14 - 26: Heart (ace through king)
27 - 39: Diamond (ace through king)
40 - 52: Club (ace through king)

Conversion between them would be:

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nr = ((suit - 1) * 13) + index

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suit = int(nr / 13)
index = nr - (suit * 13)

If we now give Deck(30).suit a value of 3 and Deck(30).index a value of 13, that position would hold the king of Diamond.
In the case of DBC, we would have to store 39 ((3-1)*13 + 13) in Deck(30).

Shuffling:
The problem with your code is that you can't predict when the randomized value actually will be one that isn't drawn yet.

When shuffling, I'd advice to use another method for better results.

The algorithm is simple

As many times as you want:
swap the place of two times.

I won't give any code, since this is probably a learning experience.

It's the programmer's life:
Have a problem, solve the problem, and have a new problem to solve.

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Thank you very much for taking the time reply Sven & Nomad, I really do appreciate it.

@sven: I agree that your logic is much easier to work with then my first solution, I will work on going through your points and see how I do with them.

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i had done a bit of searching on card logic here when i saw this post and most examples showed naming cards in the following convention:

AH = ace of hearts, 2H = of hearts, 3H and so on...

but i'm not sure why it was a benefit to do it that way, but you might want to look into it further. depending on the card game, or games, you wanted to make, i suspect you'd have to do some (albeit quick) parsing to get suit and numerical values anyway.

point is, do you have a direction for this particular card application? it seems you're going to use a traditional card deck, that much is known. if it will involve comparing and matching suits (ie, a "flush") and/or sequences (like straights, "2,3,4"), and/or numerical value matching (ie, a pair of 10's or a set of 5's), or combinations thereof, as i'm pretty sure it will, then that should be accounted for early on in the development. will "jokers" be an option? will you draw 1 card? 3 at a time? how about trumps? re-shuffle options (mid-game), etc.

anyway, just making sure you're putting all your cards on the table and looking at them before really digging in (pun intended, and almost appropriately

).

good luck!

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Hi Nomad, thank you for the insightful post.

Quote: "point is, do you have a direction for this particular card application? it seems you're going to use a traditional card deck, that much is known. if it will involve comparing and matching suits (ie, a "flush") and/or sequences (like straights, "2,3,4"), and/or numerical value matching (ie, a pair of 10's or a set of 5's), or combinations thereof, as i'm pretty sure it will, then that should be accounted for early on in the development. will "jokers" be an option? will you draw 1 card?"

Yeah I do have a general direction for the game. The gist is it is a arcade-action game where you will collect cards along the way, and for every 5 cards you collect you will get a bonus score based on the grade of the poker hand (i.e. 1000 points for a full house or 100 points for two pair). There will not be any jokers or drawing involved. I was thinking that every time five cards have been collected, the deck would be "shuffled" and all cards would be available until the next bonus is collected.

I have been thinking about this quite a bit also and both naming methods seem to have pros and cons. No matter which I choose I think it will be fairly complex to evaluate 5 cards to determine the highest qualifying poker hand.

I will try some more forum searching and see if I can find anything regarding the AH, 2H, 3H etc naming system you mentioned. I am still in the planning stage so it is by no means to early to change around how I will be doing this

I'm glad you brought this up though, I really do need to make sure I have this straightened out before starting.

Thanks again for your input, greatly appreciated.

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Quote: "arcade-action game where you will collect cards along the way...bonus score based on the grade of the poker hand "

excellent!

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It's covered in tutorial 7 on strings here:

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=99497&b=10

Code snippet here - don't forget the search option!

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=58901&b=7

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This is Card.

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=85024&b=4

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