Card Naming Program

Toward the end of this class, we’re going to create a card game program. In this program, we’re going to create an important part of that game; a program that will name a card based on the number of the card.

We know that cards have suits and values (suits = hearts, clubs, diamonds, and spades; values = 2 – 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace.) Your computer is best equipped to “think” of these cards as numbers…(instead of the Ace of Spades, the computer processes card #40).

The table below shows a possible configuration for how these cards could be viewed by your computer:

Hearts		Diamonds		Clubs		Spades
Card#	Name	Card#	Name	Card#	Name	Card#	Name
1	Ace	14	Ace	27	Ace	40	Ace
2	Two	15	Two	28	Two	41	Two
3	Three	16	Three	29	Three	42	Three
4	Four	17	Four	30	Four	43	Four
5	Five	18	Five	31	Five	44	Five
6	Six	19	Six	32	Six	45	Six
7	Seven	20	Seven	33	Seven	46	Seven
8	Eight	21	Eight	34	Eight	47	Eight
9	Nine	22	Nine	35	Nine	48	Nine
10	Ten	23	Ten	36	Ten	49	Ten
11	Jack	24	Jack	37	Jack	50	Jack
12	Queen	25	Queen	38	Queen	51	Queen
13	King	26	King	39	King	52	King

Write a program that allows the user to enter a number and the computer responds by naming the card.

There are several ways to do this:

Method 1 is very simple, but very inefficient. It uses a ton of code and very little problem solving ability. If you use method 1, you should be ashamed of yourself; it reflects an inability or lack of desire to think critically.

Method 2 involves compound conditions and concatenation. It’s involves less code and little more work from the brain. It’s more efficient than method 1 and implies that you may not be a great mathematical thinker, but at least you’re somewhat creative and you have a fighting chance at making something of yourself.

Method 3 involves the relationships between numbers. It involves critical thinking and a good mind for math. Method 3 is the most efficient method and uses the least code. To use method 3, you need to figure out what all of the hearts have in common and what all the eights have in common. If you can do this, you can tell that a card is the eight of hearts. If you can figure out method 3, you’ll be a fine programmer someday and make a lot of money. Congratulations!