So, I'm writing a Texas Hold'em Poker game for Uni, and I've run into a bit of a problem. I've got an object called Game that handles all the things specific to this particular game(checking handranks, calculating strength of computer hand, etc...). Game also handles the deal function. It takes two CardStack objects as it's parameters(which I created, as well as the Card object).
I can create a deck of 52 cards (2-Ace, all suit) and shuffle them. But when I try to deal from the Deck to the playerHand I run into a problem. It took me several hours, but I figured out that I need to use pointers, but I also figured out that I don't know exactly how to go about it in this context. Here's the code:
mainline code
Game class, deal functionCode:
#include "Game.h"
#include "Gamble.h"
#include "Player.h"
using namespace std;
int main()
{
Player newPlayer;
newPlayer.set_Name();
cout << "In the mainline! \n creating newGame\n";
Game newGame;
cout << "creating new CardStacks\n";
CardStack newDeck, playerHand, computerHand, community;
cout << "Creating new Card object.\n";
Card newCard;
Gamble newGamble;
cout << "Loading the deck\n";
cout << "Number of cards = " << newDeck.get_numCards() << "\n";
for (int suit=3; suit >= 0; suit--)
{
for (int p_value=12; p_value >= 0; p_value--)
{
newCard.set_rank(p_value);
newCard.set_suit(suit);
newDeck.add_card(newCard);
}//!End for loop
}//! End for loop */
cout << "Deck is loaded, display the deck!\n";
//newCard.make_card();
for(int i = 0; i < 52; i++)
{
newDeck.get_card(i).display();
cout << ",";
if(i == 13 || i == 26 || i == 39)
{
cout << endl;
}
}//!End for loop*/
cout << "Deck displayed, now shuffle.\n";
newDeck.shuffle();
newDeck.shuffle();
cout << "Number of cards: " << newDeck.get_numCards();
cout << "\nShuffled cards:\n";
//newCard = newDeck.get_card(23);
//newCard.display();
for(int i = 0; i < 52; i++)
{
newCard = newDeck.get_card(i);
newCard.display();
cout << ",";
if(i == 13 || i == 26 || i == 39)
{
cout << endl;
}
}//!End for loop*/
//This is where I run into the problem!!!
newGame.deal(newDeck, playerHand);
newGame.deal(newDeck, computerHand);
newGame.deal(newDeck, playerHand);
newGame.deal(newDeck, computerHand);
The problem is(no I see it clear as day) that the CardStacks that are being passed to it aren't being changed, just the new cardstacks get changed, then don't get sent anywhere. So I'm lost as to how to go about setting everything up to use pointers. We never really covered pointers very much in class(and even then it was just like pointers to integers). If any of you could point me in the right direction, I'd very much appreciate it.Code:void Game::deal(CardStack stackOne, CardStack stackTwo)
{
if(!stackOne.is_empty() && !stackTwo.is_full())
{
cout << "\nIn the deal function!";
cout << "\nNumber of cards in deck = " << stackOne.get_numCards();
Card newCard;
newCard = stackOne.get_card(stackOne.get_numCards()-1);
newCard.display();
stackTwo.add_card(newCard);
//stackTwo.add_card(stackOne.get_card(stackOne.get_numCards()-1));
cout << "\nNumber of cards in new stack " << stackTwo.get_numCards() <<"\n";
stackOne.remove();
}//!End if stackone isn't empty, and stacktwo isn't full
else
{
cout << "Oh snap! Something went wrong!\n";
//Do something for if stackOne is empty or if stackTwo is full
}
}//!End deal(CardStack, CardStack)
and if you need to see anymore of the code, just let me know. Thanks.
