cardgames.components.deck.Deck

class cardgames.components.deck.Deck

Bases: object

Simulate a deck of cards through Deck.all_cards. Methods simulate some common actions like shuffling and dealing cards.

__init__()

Methods

__init__()
deal(ncards, destinations, location)	Takes cards from the top of deck, and deals to either the top or bottom of the deck/s listed in destinations
empty()	Clears all cards from Deck.all_cards to create an empty deck, for example when the deck is that of a cardgames.components.player.Player who hasn't yet been delt cards.
order()	Reorders the deck (ascending).
shuffle()	Randomly reorders Deck.all_cards attribute.
upturn(ncards)	Turns over ncards number of cards to reveal the value and suit.

Attributes

all_cards

List of tuples: each tuple represents one card (value, suit) currently in the deck.

all_cards

List of tuples: each tuple represents one card (value, suit) currently in the deck.

Return type

list(tuple)

deal(ncards, destinations, location)

Takes cards from the top of deck, and deals to either the top or bottom of the deck/s listed in destinations

Parameters

• ncards (int) – number of cards to deal

• destinations (list) – list of deck.Deck.all_cards decks for the cards to be delt to.

• location (str) – Specifies to deal to the “Top” or “Bottom” of the destination decks

empty()

Clears all cards from Deck.all_cards to create an empty deck, for example when the deck is that of a cardgames.components.player.Player who hasn’t yet been delt cards.

order()

Reorders the deck (ascending). Suit order is random. (Mostly for testing purposes)

shuffle()

Randomly reorders Deck.all_cards attribute.

upturn(ncards)

Turns over ncards number of cards to reveal the value and suit.

Parameters

ncards (int) – The number of cards to turn over and display.