Thread: Need Help with structures.

Hi,
I'm making a program to play a pretty simplified blackjack game. I need to use abstract data types and am having a bit of trouble.

At the moment i am just trying to create a deck of cards.
I have a structure for the deck of cards and a structure for each card. (as shown)
I'm trying to create a function to fill my deck structure with card structures so that the deck is filled with 52 standard cards.
This is what i have so far:

This is my card structure

Code:

enum card_suit { HEARTS, DIAMONDS, CLUBS, SPADES };
enum card_value { ACE = 1, JACK = 11, QUEEN = 12, KING = 13 };

typedef struct
{
   enum card_value value;
   enum card_suit suit;
   int face_up;
} card_t;

And this is my deck structure:

Code:

#define MAX_CARDS_IN_DECK 52

typedef struct
{
   card_t deck[MAX_CARDS_IN_DECK];
} deck_t;

And this is my function to try fill the deck:

Code:

deck_t create_deck(deck_t deck)
{
   int i,j;
   deck_t * deck_ptr;
   deck_ptr = deck;         //I think this is the problem but im not sure how to fix it

   
   for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
   {
      for (j = 1; j < 14; j++)
      {
                deckptr -> value = j;
		deckptr -> suit = i;
   		deckptr++;
      }
   }
}

Please help.
Chris.

deck_t * deck_ptr = &deck;

what were the errors?

That solved that error, have new ones now but i should be able to sort them out.
Thank you.

Ok, maybe i wont be able to sort them out.

I now get an error messages saying:
error: 'struct <anonymous>' has no member named 'value'
error: 'struct <anonymous>' has no member named 'suit'

i and j are integers, value and suit are enums. They don't play well together. You might as well make all your card data in integer form.