Help with sorting hand of playing cards

[DesiShaddy]

Hi Guys,

I have all my code working except sort function .

I need to sort the cards in hand......and I am having hard time with that....

Any help would be really helpful ;)

class hand{
private:
string theSuits; // contains suits in order
string theValues; // contains values in order
int numcards;
public:
unsigned size;
acard* handcards; // an array of cards
 
 
 
hand();
~hand();
void sortit( unsigned size);
void show();
void shuffle();
};
 
void hand::sortit(unsigned size) {
   sort(handcards, handcards + size);
   for ( int i=0; i < size; ++i){
   cout << h.handcards[i].str<< " " ; }
   cout << endl;
 
}
 
 
int main()
{
int cardnum(0);
string h[5];
srand(time(0));
 
deck mydeck;
mydeck.show();
mydeck.shuffle();
mydeck.show();
hand myhand1;
hand myhand2;
hand myhand3;
hand myhand4;
mydeck.hands(myhand1, 6);
//myhand1.sortit(6);
mydeck.hands(myhand2, 6);
mydeck.hands(myhand3, 6);
mydeck.hands(myhand4, 6);
 
 
system("pause");
return 0;
}

[Studlyami]

Your trying to use a sort function from the algorithm header on an array of objects. If I'm guessing the sort algorithm doesn't know how to handle the objects that are in the array. Look up c++ sorting techniques (Bubble Sort, Selection Sort, Insertion Sort, ect.) on google and try using one of them on your array in a sort function (your own function).

[weaknessforcats]

Where is your card???

Isn't a hand a container of cards??

Doesn't a card contain a suit and a value ??

So why isn't your hand a vector<Card> ???

There is a sort with the vector that you can use. You will need a) to write an operator< for your Card class or b) write a function that takes two Card arguments by reference and returns true if the first argument is less than the second argument.