static void shuffleAndDeal()
{
//Exercise 1: Shuffle Cards
//Write a program to create a standard 52 card deck and then deal a random hand to a player.
//Once a card is dealt then it can't be used again.
//create a new deck (instance of class Deck)
Deck myDeck = new Deck();
Console.WriteLine("Original order of myDeck:");
Console.WriteLine(myDeck.ToString());
Console.WriteLine(); //Whitespace
//shuffle it
myDeck.shuffle();
Console.WriteLine("Order of myDeck after shuffle:");
Console.WriteLine(myDeck.ToString());
Console.WriteLine(); //Whitespace
//create a player hand, dealing off the deck
List<Card> hand = myDeck.dealHand(5); //five is a traditional hand size for Poker
Console.WriteLine("myDeck after dealing:");
Console.WriteLine(myDeck.ToString());
Console.WriteLine(); //Whitespace
Console.WriteLine("And the hand dealt contains:");
foreach (Card c in hand)
{
Console.WriteLine(c.ToString());
}
}
static void ShuffleAndDeal4Hands()
{
//Objectionable Objects, Exercise 1: Card Shuffle duex
//Rewrite your code for the card shuffle to deal a random hand to 4 players.
//Use objects to represent each player's hand.
//create a new deck (instance of class Deck), and shuffle it
Deck myDeck = new Deck();
myDeck.shuffle();
//create a list of hands and populate with new empty hands to represent the four players' hands
List<HandOfCards> playerHands = new List<HandOfCards>();
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
playerHands.Add(new HandOfCards(5)); //e.g.poker hands have five cards , so make limit 5
}
//Deal cards to each of the hands in the list of hands
bool allHandsFull = false;
while (!allHandsFull) //careful! if the hands had no hand limit, this would be an infinite loop!
{
foreach (HandOfCards h in playerHands)
{
h.beDealt(myDeck.dealOne());
allHandsFull = allHandsFull && h.isFull();
}
}
//display hands one by one, then show the deck state
Console.WriteLine("Hands after dealing:");
foreach (HandOfCards h in playerHands)
{
Console.WriteLine("hand:");
Console.WriteLine(h.ToString());
}
Console.WriteLine(); //Whitespace
Console.WriteLine("myDeck after dealing:");
Console.WriteLine(myDeck.ToString());
Console.WriteLine(); //Whitespace
}