static List <Card> GenerateDeckOfCards()
{
//Build deck of 52 unique playing cards
var cardSuits = new string[] { "Spades", "Clubs", "Diamonds", "Hearts" };
var cardRanks = new string[] { "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five", "Six", "Seven", "Eight",
"Nine", "Ten", "Jack", "Queen", "King", "Ace" };
var deckOfCards = new List <Card>();
for (var i = 0; i < cardSuits.Length; i++)
{
for (var j = 0; j < cardRanks.Length; j++)
{
var newCard = new Card();
newCard.CardRank = cardRanks[j];
newCard.CardSuit = cardSuits[i];
newCard.SetCardValue();
deckOfCards.Add(newCard);
}
}
//Shuffle the deck of cards
var tempSaveCard = new Card();
for (var i = 0; i < deckOfCards.Count; i++)
{
Random rnd = new Random();
int positionToSwap = rnd.Next(deckOfCards.Count);
tempSaveCard = deckOfCards[i];
deckOfCards[i] = deckOfCards[positionToSwap];
deckOfCards[positionToSwap] = tempSaveCard;
}
return(deckOfCards);
}