Hi,

I could not figure out how the deck size will decrease with:

        List handView = deck.subList(deck.size() - 4, deck.size());
        handView.clear();

Complete program below

Regards
KC

public class Main {
    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO code application logic here
        int numHands = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
        int cardsPerHand = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
        // Make a normal 52-card deck
        String[] suit = new String[]{"spades", "hearts", "diamonds",
"clubs"};
        String[] rank = new String[]{"ace", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6",
"7", "8", "9", "10", "jack", "queen", "king"};
        List deck = new ArrayList();
        for (int i = 0; i < suit.length; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < rank.length; j++) {
                deck.add(rank[j] + " of " + suit[i]);
            }
        }

        Collections.shuffle(deck);
        for (int i = 0; i < numHands; i++) {
            System.out.println(dealHand(deck, cardsPerHand));
        }
    }
    public static List dealHand(List deck, int n) {
        int deckSize = deck.size();
        System.out.println(deckSize);
        List handView = deck.subList(deckSize - n, deckSize);
        List hand = new ArrayList(handView);
        handView.clear();
        return hand;
    }
}

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