Card representation again...

[Zacariaz]

ive tryed askin before, now i try again.

This seems to be a good start: (need only to hold 7 cards)

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enum {S, H, D, C, A =1, J  10, Q = 11, K = 12};
struct {unsigned Color:2; unsigned Value:4;} Cards[7];

But still it seems a better way would be some sort of wraping array to sort out the buisness with the ace, but how?

any comments?

[os64dev]

well i'd represent a card as an object.

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class Card {
    enum Type { Diamond, Spades, Hearts, Clubs };
    enum Face { One=1, Two=2, Three=3 ... Jack = 10, Queen = 11, King = 12, Ace = 11; 
    Type    _type;
    Face    _face;

    int getValue(void) { return((int)_face); }
}

class Hand {
    Card[7]    _cards; //- better to use template btw instead of 7.
}

class Deck {
     Card[13*4]    _deck;
}

class Game {
    //- behavioural changes for each hand.
}

the behavour of the ace is different between games and should therefor be handled outside the card object. for instance if you want a total of your hand you could sum all the values of the cards and count the number of aces, then the possible totals are the sum and minus 10 for each chosen ace.

[Zacariaz]

ok, looks reasonable.

thanks