Thread: cant figure out how...(struct + class)

I feel like a complete idiot. Im trying to get a structure in my class which is a deck and I want a pointer to the deck which I can use throughout the class. Please point me in the right direction. Is my syntax way off?

Code:

#ifndef DECK_H_CLASS_01
#define DECK_H_CLASS_01

/*===================Card Structure===================*/
struct card
{
   int value;                      //card value
   int suit;                       //card suit
   bool dealt;                     //is it dealt?
   
   card (int v, int s, bool d);    //default constructor
};

card::card (int v, int s, bool d)
   : value(v), suit(s), dealt(d) { }
/*====================================================*/

const int deckSize = 52;     //standard deck size

class deck
{
   public:
      deck ();               //default constructor
      void shuffle ();       //shuffle the deck
      void deal (card);      //mark a card dealt
      ~deck ();              //default desctructor
   private:
      struct myDeck          //deck with 52 cards
      {
         card deckCards[deckSize];
      } *standardDeck;       //pointer to the deck
};

deck::deck ()
{  
   for (int suit = 1; suit <= 4; suit++)
   {
      for (int a = 1; a <= 13; a++)
      {
         standardDeck->deckCards[a-1].value = a;
         standardDeck->deckCards[a-1].suit = suit;
         standardDeck->deckCards[a-1].dealt = false;
      }
   }
}

void deck::shuffle ()
{
}

void deck::deal (card)
{
}

deck::~deck ()
{
}

#endif

indexing the deckCards can be seen as faster, plus its static and will not change, so I have no use for a vector instead. my problem is that I cant figure out a way to create a pointer to my standard deck and allocate myDeck to its memory.

sorry I dont quite understand what your saying, isnt that what I've already done for the deck, why would I want it for the cards. Also when you declare a pointer like that, does it allocate memory for you? because my current code gives me a runtime error, but the syntax is fine with the compiler, I dont know if I'm doing the right thing for what I want. What I mean to say is I am confused with the syntax in that I dont know if memory is already allocated to the pointer if it isnt how would I go about doing that to work with my code.

I get what your saying, and tried that but I got some errors:

C:/Documents and Settings/JR/My Documents/C ++/Blackjack/deck.h: In
constructor `deck::deck()':
C:/Documents and Settings/JR/My Documents/C ++/Blackjack/deck.h:36: error: no
matching function for call to `deck::myDeck::myDeck()'
C:/Documents and Settings/JR/My Documents/C ++/Blackjack/deck.h:29: error: candidates
are: deck::myDeck::myDeck(const deck::myDeck&)

I also tried this, thought it would be better, but got the same errors:

Code:

#ifndef DECK_H_CLASS_01
#define DECK_H_CLASS_01

/*===================Card Structure===================*/
struct card
{
   int value;                      //card value
   int suit;                       //card suit
   bool dealt;                     //is it dealt?
   
   card (int v, int s, bool d);    //default constructor
};

card::card (int v, int s, bool d)
   : value(v), suit(s), dealt(d) { }
/*====================================================*/

const int deckSize = 52;     //standard deck size

class deck
{
   public:
      deck ();               //default constructor
      void shuffle ();       //shuffle the deck
      void deal (card);      //mark a card dealt
      ~deck ();              //default desctructor
   private:
      struct myDeck          //deck with 52 cards
      {
         card deckCards[deckSize];
      } *deckPtr;            //pointer to the deck
};

deck::deck ()
{  
   deckPtr = new myDeck;
   for (int suit = 1; suit <= 4; suit++)
   {
      for (int a = 1; a <= 13; a++)
      {
         deckPtr->deckCards[a-1].value = a;
         //standardDeck->deckCards[a-1].suit = suit;
         //standardDeck->deckCards[a-1].dealt = false;
      }
   }
}

void deck::shuffle ()
{
}

void deck::deal (card)
{
}

deck::~deck ()
{
}

#endif

thanks a bunch, hadnt realized I could do it that way, so much easier