filling a deck of cards

ok so i want to write a function that fills a deck of cards and then print out the face values and their number or symbol:

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>


char faces[]={"0023456789TJQKA"};

typedef enum
{
        eHearts=3,
        eDiamonds,
        eClubs,
        eSpades
}Cardsuit;

typedef struct
{
        char faceValue;
        Cardsuit suitValue;
}Card;

void filldeck(Card *);

main()
{       
        char i;
        Card Deck[52];
        Card *deckptr;
        deckptr=Deck;

        filldeck(deckptr);

        for(i=0;i<52;i++)
        {
                printf("%c--%c\n",faces[deckptr->faceValue],deckptr->suitValue);
               
        }

}

void filldeck(Card *deckptr)
{
        char i;
        char j;
        for(i=3;i<7;i++)
        {
                for(j=2;j<15;j++)
                {
                        deckptr->suitValue=i;
                        deckptr->faceValue=j;
                }
                deckptr++;
        }
}

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this is what comes out:
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Is filldeck() wrong or is it my loop that prints out? Thanks for the help

yeah so i dont know why but the cents 3/4 symbol is a heart in the output. thanks.

Quote:

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printf("%c--%c\n",faces[deckptr->faceValue],deckptr->suitValue);

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Why are you doing this?

Code:

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printf("%c--%c\n", faces[Deck[x].faceValue], suit[Deck[x].suitValue] );

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You don't need a pointer at all for your function. Pass it the name of the array. Furthermore, you never increment the pointer in your loop, so even if it was right, it would only ever print the same card every time.

Quzah.

yah i would like to just pass filldeck an array, but its mandatory that i pass it the pointer so... whatever. Thanks quzah

i got it working, but now i have another question:

allright so i need a function to shuffle a deck of cards with its only parameter being deckptr:

I was thinking i could find two random numbers ( rand()%52 ) then switch their places in the array( in a loop ) but i got confused trying to write it. Would there be an easier or a more efficient way? thanks all.

I didn't test this, but feel free to use it if it works.

Code:

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shuffle(Card *deckptr){
    Card aux[52];
    int x, y, m = 52 / 2;

    for (x = 0, y = 0; x < 52; x += 2, y++){
        aux[x] = deckptr[y];
        aux[x + 1] = deckptr[m + y + 1];
    }

    for (x = 0; x < 52; x++)
        deckptr[x] = aux[x];
}

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this is what i came up with and it seems to work fine:

Code:

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void shuffleDeck(card *deckptr)
{
        card temp, *crdptr;
        int i,num;

        for(i=0;i<53;i++)
        {
                num=rand()%52;
                crdptr = deckptr + num;

                temp = *crdptr;
                *crdptr = *deckptr;
                *deckptr = temp;

                deckptr + 1;
        }
}

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