using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Reflection; namespace SoloLearn { //The constructor takes in List and set the instance ObjectSet to match. class DeckManager{ //Index 0 is thought of as the top of the deck public List ObjectSet = new List(); public List ShuffledSet = new List(); public List DiscardedSet = new List(); public DeckManager(List objectSet){ this.ObjectSet = objectSet; } //Variable number of Deal must be greater than 1 //If there are no elements in ShuffledSet, ShuffleDiscardedInto public dynamic Deal(int number = 1, bool shuffleWhenEmpty = true){ if (number <1) Console.WriteLine( "\n Error:"+ "\n Call of DeckManager.Deal("+number+") was not executed."+ "\n Variable 'number' must be a value greater than 0"); List dealtSet = new List(); int minRestraint = (number < ShuffledSet.Count)? number: ShuffledSet.Count; for (int i = 0; i <= minRestraint-1; i++){ if (!ShuffledSet.Any()){ if (shuffleWhenEmpty == false){ Console.WriteLine("There are no more elements in Shuffle Set."); goto OneOrMany; } else { Console.WriteLine("There are no more elements in Shuffle Set. reshuffling..."); ShuffledSet = ShuffleDiscardedInto(ShuffledSet); goto OneOrMany; } } else{ dealtSet.Add(ShuffledSet[0]); ShuffledSet.RemoveAt(0); } } OneOrMany: if (number == 1) return dealtSet[0]; else return dealtSet; } //Overload Method to deal with a single element or a list of elements public List AddToDiscardSet(T setObject){ DiscardedSet.Insert(0,setObject); return DiscardedSet; } public List AddToDiscardSet(List setObjects){ DiscardedSet.InsertRange(0,setObjects); return DiscardedSet; } public List Shuffle(List set){ set = new List (set); Random rnd = new Random(); int thisRand; T obj; for(int j = 0; j < 3; j++) { for(int i = set.Count-1; i > 0; i--) { thisRand = rnd.Next(0,i); obj = set[thisRand]; set.RemoveAt(thisRand); set.Add(obj); } } return set; } /*Shuffles the Discarded Set and adds them to the end of the higher indexes of the ShuffledSet. Insted of shuffling the whole stack*/ public List ShuffleDiscardedInto(List ShuffledSet){ DiscardedSet = Shuffle(DiscardedSet); ShuffledSet.InsertRange(ShuffledSet.Count, DiscardedSet); Shuffle(ShuffledSet); return ShuffledSet; } //Displays the value of primitive types OR the first Property of a custom Class. public void DisplaySet(List set, int numCol = 6){ int counter = 0; if(set.Any()){ if (set[0].GetType().Namespace.StartsWith("System")) foreach(T t in set) Console.Write((counter++ %numCol ==numCol-1)? ("" + t + " \n"):( "" + t + ", ")); else{ Type setType = set[0].GetType(); PropertyInfo[] props = setType.GetProperties(); foreach(T t in set){ Console.Write((counter++ %numCol ==numCol-1)? ("" + props[0].GetValue(t) + " \n"):( "" + props[0].GetValue(t) + ", ")); } } } else Console.WriteLine("No cards to display."); } } class Card{ public string Name{get; set;} public Card(string name){ Name = name; } } class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { //testStringList(); //testIntList(); testObjectList(); } static void testStringList(){ List deckOfCards = new List(){ "spadA","spad2","spad3","spad4","spad5","spad6","spad7", "spad8","spad9","spad10","spadJ","spadQ","spadK", "clubA","club2","club3","club4","club5","club6","club7", "club8","club9","club10","clubJ","clubQ","clubK", "dmndA","dmnd2","dmnd3","dmnd4","dmnd5","dmnd6","dmnd7", "dmnd8","dmnd9","dmnd10","dmndJ","dmndQ","dmndK", "hrtsA","hrts2","hrts3","hrts4","hrts5","hrts6","hrts7", "hrts8","hrts9","hrts10","hrtsJ","hrtsQ","hrtsK"}; DeckManager cards = new DeckManager(deckOfCards); cards.ShuffledSet = cards.Shuffle(cards.ObjectSet); Console.WriteLine("ObjectSet:"); cards.DisplaySet(cards.ObjectSet); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("ShuffledSet:"); cards.DisplaySet(cards.ShuffledSet); Console.WriteLine(); string aCard = cards.Deal(); cards.AddToDiscardSet(aCard); List newCards = new List(cards.Deal(9)); cards.AddToDiscardSet(newCards); Console.WriteLine(); cards.DisplaySet(cards.ShuffledSet); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("A drawn Card"); Console.WriteLine(aCard); Console.WriteLine("Drawn Cards"); foreach(string card in newCards){ Console.Write(card+ " ");} Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Discard Pile:"); cards.DisplaySet(cards.DiscardedSet); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine(); } static void testIntList(){ List numList = new List(){ 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,20}; DeckManager ints = new DeckManager(numList); ints.ShuffledSet = ints.Shuffle(ints.ObjectSet); Console.WriteLine("ObjectSet:"); ints.DisplaySet(ints.ObjectSet); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("ShuffledSet:"); ints.DisplaySet(ints.ShuffledSet); Console.WriteLine(); int aInt = ints.Deal(); List newints = new List(ints.Deal(9)); Console.WriteLine(); ints.DisplaySet(ints.ShuffledSet); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("A drawn Int"); Console.WriteLine(aInt); Console.WriteLine("Drawn Int"); foreach(int i in newints){ Console.Write(i+ " ");} Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine(); } static void testObjectList(){ List cardNames = new List(){ "spadA","spad2","spad3","spad4","spad5","spad6","spad7", "spad8","spad9","spad10","spadJ","spadQ","spadK", "clubA","club2","club3","club4","club5","club6","club7", "club8","club9","club10","clubJ","clubQ","clubK", "dmndA","dmnd2","dmnd3","dmnd4","dmnd5","dmnd6","dmnd7", "dmnd8","dmnd9","dmnd10","dmndJ","dmndQ","dmndK", "hrtsA","hrts2","hrts3","hrts4","hrts5","hrts6","hrts7", "hrts8","hrts9","hrts10","hrtsJ","hrtsQ","hrtsK"}; List cards = new List(); foreach(string card in cardNames) cards.Add(new Card(card)); //Create instance of Deck Manager DeckManager cardDeck = new DeckManager(cards); cardDeck.ShuffledSet = cardDeck.Shuffle(cardDeck.ObjectSet); //Shuffle, Show OriginalSet and shuffled set to prove shuffle. Console.WriteLine("ObjectSet:"); cardDeck.DisplaySet(cardDeck.ObjectSet); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("ShuffledSet:"); cardDeck.DisplaySet(cardDeck.ShuffledSet); Console.WriteLine(); //Create a list of Card instances that represent a persons hand, and Display Hand //Note myHand is not an instance of the DecmManager class, but the function DisplaySet still functions List myHand = new List(cardDeck.Deal(22)); Console.WriteLine("myHand:"); cardDeck.DisplaySet(myHand); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("yourHand:"); List yourHand = new List(cardDeck.Deal(30)); cardDeck.DisplaySet(yourHand); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("ShuffledSet:"); cardDeck.DisplaySet(cardDeck.ShuffledSet); Console.WriteLine(); //send the list of myHand to the DeckManager property DiscardedSet and display Console.WriteLine("Discarded Cards:"); cardDeck.DiscardedSet = cardDeck.AddToDiscardSet(myHand); cardDeck.DisplaySet(cardDeck.DiscardedSet); Console.WriteLine(); //Show results after shuffling Console.WriteLine("Mulligan"); cardDeck.ShuffledSet = cardDeck.ShuffleDiscardedInto(cardDeck.ShuffledSet); cardDeck.DisplaySet(cardDeck.ShuffledSet); Console.WriteLine(); } } }

Generic Deck Deal and Shuffle primitiveType or customClass