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 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.