I need a little help with my BlackJack program

[jfeldman]

I am a little confused with how to get this method to determine what the best choice is for the number of aces that should be counted as 1 or 11. I will post the method and the code so you can run it. Any help is greatly appreciated

public static int weHaveAces(int player[], int deal[])
{
    int plyttl = 0;
 
    for(int x = 0; x < player.length - 1;x++)
 
        {
            plyttl += player[x];
            System.out.println(plyttl);
        }
        int bestttl = plyttl;
    for(int z = 0; z <= player[2];z++)
        {
            //System.out.println(( plyttl - (10*z)));
            //System.out.println(21 - plyttl);
            while((21 - ( plyttl - 10*z)) < 21 - plyttl)
            {
 
                bestttl = (plyttl - 10*z);
                //System.out.println(bestttl);
                //System.out.println("test"+ z);
            }
        }
 
 
Whole Code:
 
/*Jordan Feldman
Pitt BlackJack
4/5/2010*/
 
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 
class BlackJack
{
public static void main(String args[])
    {
        int playerCard1 = 0, playerCard2 = 0, dealerCard1 = 0, dealerCard2 = 0, playerAces = 0, dealerAces = 0;
 
        int[] playerCards =  new int [3];// Creates an int array with 3 positions
 
        makeDeck(playerCards);
 
        playerCard1 = playerCards[0];
        playerCard2 = playerCards[1];
        playerAces = playerCards[2];
 
        int[] dealerCards =  new int [3];// Creates an int array with 3 positions
 
        makeDeck(dealerCards);
 
        dealerCard1 = dealerCards[0];
        dealerCard2 = dealerCards[1];
        dealerAces = dealerCards[2];
 
 
        printMethod(playerCards,dealerCards);
        firstLogic(playerCards,dealerCards);
 
    }
 
public static void makeDeck(int cards[])
    {
        int y = 0;
 
        for(int x = 0;x < 2; x++)
        {
        cards[x] = 1;//(int)(Math.random()* 13 +1); //Generates a random value between 1-13
        if (cards[x] == 11 || cards[x] == 12 || cards[x] == 13)
            {
                cards[x] = 10;
            }
        else if (cards[x] == 1)
        {
            cards[x] = 11;
            ++y;
 
        }
    }
        cards[2] = y;
        //System.out.println(cards[2]);
    }
public static void printMethod(int playerCards[], int dealerCards[])
    {
        String name;
 
        int x = playerCards[0];
        int y = playerCards[1];
        int playerTotal = x + y;
 
        System.out.println("Welcome to the River's Casino!");
        name = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What is your name?");
        System.out.println("Let's play BlackJack " + name + ".\n");
 
        System.out.println("The dealer:\n? + "+ dealerCards[1] + "\n");
 
        System.out.println("You:\n" + playerCards[0] + " + " + playerCards[1] + " = " + playerTotal);
        int plyttl = weHaveAces(playerCards,dealerCards);
        System.out.println("Your best choice is " + plyttl);
 
    }
public static void firstLogic(int player[], int dealer[])
    {
        int acecnt;
        if(dealer[2] >= 1 || player[2] >= 1)
        {
            // weHaveAces(player,dealer);
        }
        else
        {
            noAces(player,dealer);
        }
    }
public static int weHaveAces(int player[], int deal[])
{
    int plyttl = 0;
 
    for(int x = 0; x < player.length - 1;x++)
 
        {
            plyttl += player[x];
            System.out.println(plyttl);
        }
        int bestttl = plyttl;
    for(int z = 0; z <= player[2];z++)
        {
            //System.out.println(( plyttl - (10*z)));
            //System.out.println(21 - plyttl);
            while((21 - ( plyttl - 10*z)) < 21 - plyttl)
            {
 
                bestttl = (plyttl - 10*z);
                //System.out.println(bestttl);
                //System.out.println("test"+ z);
            }
        }
 
    return bestttl;
 
}
 
 
 
public static void noAces(int ply[], int deal[])
{
 
}
 
 
}

[jkmyoung]

I would:
1. Have a flag that says whether you have an ace or not.
2. Count the aces as 1 to the total.
3. When you display the total,
- Check if you have an ace
- Check if the total is < 11.
If so, add 10 to the 'displayed' total.