Re: [Tutor] deck dealing program

[Nathan Pinno]

Thanks Luke. You've helped me out of a jam that I was going to ask without even asking.   Nathan --------------------------------------------------------------- Early to bed, Early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. --Benjamin Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: luke To: tutor@python.org Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 12:38 AM Subject: [Tutor] deck dealing program from random import randint   def identify_card(n):     cardname = ""     royals = ["Jack","Queen","King","Ace"]     temp = n % 13     if temp > 8:         cardname += royals[temp-9]     else:         cardname += str(temp+2)     cardname += " of "       suits = ["Spades","Hearts","Diamonds","Clubs"]     cardname += suits[n/13]     return cardname   def main():     deck = range(52)     cards = []     while 1:         x = raw_input("how many cards do you want? ")         try:             x = int(x)         except ValueError:             print "Invalid value exiting for I have no error code. Please use an int next time."             raise SystemExit         if x <= 52 and x >= 0:             y = 0             while y < x:                 cards.append(identify_card(deck.pop(randint(0,len(deck)-1))))                 y += 1             break     print cards if __name__ == "__main__":     main()   #Luke _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist  -  Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

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