#----------------------------------------------------------------------- # deal.py #----------------------------------------------------------------------- import stdio import sys import random # Accept integer playerCount as a command-line argument. Deal 5-card # hands at random to playerCount players. Write the hands to standard # output. CARDS_PER_PLAYER = 5 playerCount = int(sys.argv[1]) # Initialize the deck. suits = ['Clubs', 'Diamonds', 'Hearts', 'Spades'] ranks = ['2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', \ 'Jack', 'Queen', 'King', 'Ace'] deck = [] for rank in ranks: for suit in suits: card = rank + ' of ' + suit deck += [card] # Shuffle the deck. for i in range(len(deck)): r = random.randrange(i, len(deck)) temp = deck[r] deck[r] = deck[i] deck[i] = temp # Write cards from the shuffled deck. deckIndex = 0 for i in range(playerCount): for j in range(CARDS_PER_PLAYER): stdio.writeln(deck[deckIndex]) deckIndex += 1 stdio.writeln() #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # python deal.py 1 # 10 of Hearts # 7 of Clubs # 9 of Diamonds # Queen of Hearts # 3 of Spades # python deal.py 4 # Jack of Hearts # Queen of Hearts # 7 of Spades # 3 of Hearts # 5 of Clubs # # King of Diamonds # Queen of Spades # 8 of Hearts # 9 of Diamonds # 6 of Spades # # 3 of Diamonds # 9 of Clubs # Jack of Spades # 9 of Spades # 5 of Hearts # # Queen of Diamonds # 10 of Clubs # 2 of Clubs # King of Hearts # 5 of Diamonds