Hi Jim,
You wouldn't necessarily have to write 52 if statements to check if a
certain card has been picked before. You can just create an array of
type boolean, and loop through the array to see if a certain card has
been picked before. For example, it might look like this.
picked = True
while picked == True:
card = random.randrange(0, 51)
#If this card has been picked before
#continue looping until we get a new card
if drawn[card] == True:
picked = True
#End if
#If the card hasn't been picked before
#select it and exit the loop
if drawn[card] == False:
drawn[card] = True
picked = False
#End if
#End while
As you can see there are ways of avoiding writing 52 if statements if
you make maximum use of arrays and loops. There are usually ways to
simplify a task if you give it some thought.
Smile.
On 11/26/10, Jim Kitchen <j...@kitchensinc.net> wrote:
> Hi Hayden,
>
> If you have a shuffled deck of cards, you just deal off of the deck and thus
> do not need to have fifty some if statements to see if you have picked that
> card before. And it would be even more checks if you were playing with 2,
> 3, 4, 5 or 6 decks of cards, right? It is very easy to shuffle the deck and
> it just makes better programming sense to me. I set up a true 52 card deck
> of cards in an array, pick a number, reduce down the array and pick again
> until you have picked the full deck away. It has always worked out great in
> all of my card games.
>
> BFN
>
> Jim
>
> Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
>
> j...@kitchensinc.net
> http://www.kitchensinc.net
> (440) 286-6920
> Chardon Ohio USA
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