I use class Card which contains 2 enumerated properties (suite - hearts diamonds spades and clubs) and card value from 2 to A. And overrides ToString() method to returns som
Couldn't you assign Jack, Queen, King, and Ace to be 11, 12, 13, and 14, respectively? It'd end up looking something like:
public class Card
{
public int Value { get; private set; }
public enum SuitType
{
Clubs, Spades, Hearts, Diamonds
}
public SuitType Suit { get; private set; }
public Card(int value, SuitType suit)
{
Suit = suit;
Value = value;
}
public Card(string input)
{
if (input == null || input.Length < 2 || input.Length > 2)
throw new ArgumentException();
switch (input[0])
{
case 'C': case 'c':
Suit = SuitType.Clubs;
break;
case 'S': case 's':
Suit = SuitType.Spades;
break;
case 'H': case 'h':
Suit = SuitType.Hearts;
break;
case 'D': case 'd':
Suit = SuitType.Diamonds;
break;
default:
throw new ArgumentException();
}
int uncheckedValue = (int)input[1];
if (uncheckedValue > 14 || uncheckedValue < 1)
throw new ArgumentException();
Value = uncheckedValue;
}
public string encode()
{
string encodedCard = "";
switch (Suit)
{
case SuitType.Clubs:
encodedCard += 'c';
break;
case SuitType.Spades:
encodedCard += 's';
break;
case SuitType.Hearts:
encodedCard += 'h';
break;
case SuitType.Diamonds:
encodedCard += 'd';
break;
}
encodedCard += (char) Value;
return encodedCard;
}
public override string ToString()
{
string output = "";
if (Value > 10)
{
switch (Value)
{
case 11:
output += "Jack";
break;
case 12:
output += "Queen";
break;
case 13:
output += "King";
break;
case 14:
output += "Ace";
break;
}
}
else
{
output += Value;
}
output += " of " + System.Enum.GetName(typeof(SuitType), Suit);
return output;
}
}
Edit:
I added some string functionality.
I took structure of Card(string input)
from Jon Hanna's answer.