Using class to hold playing card data [solved]

[prince99]

Implement a class that represents a playing card. The class should implement the following methods:
__init__ ( self, rank, suit ) Creates a card.
rank is an integer in the range of 1 to 13 (Ace:1, King:13), suit is a character in the set { 'h', 'd', 'c', 's' }.
getRank(self) Returns the rank of the card.
getSuit(self) Returns the suit of the card.
BJValue(self) Returns the 'Blackjack value' of the card (Ace;1, Face card:10)
__str__(self) Returns a string naming the card. For example: 'Ace of Spades'
Note: __str__ is a special method in Python that is used when a program asks for a string representation of an object.
Test your class by writing a 'test harness' that generates n randomly generated cards, where n is supplied by the user. Print out the string associated with each card and it's 'Blackjack value'.


any comments welcome

[bartonc]

You actuall did most of the work here

rank_desc = (None, "Ace", "Two",)    # describe each rank in a tuple
suit_desc = {"s":"Spades", "h":"Hearts"}    # describe each suit in a dictionary
class PlayingCard:
    def __init__ ( self, rank, suit ): # Creates a card.
        self.rank = rank
        self.suit = suit
    def __str__(self): # Returns a string naming the card. For example: 'Ace of Spades'
        return "The %s of %s is worth %d in Blackjack" %(rank_desc[self.rank],
                                                 suit_desc[self.suit],
                                                 self.BJValue())
    def getRank(self): #Returns the rank of the card.
        return self.rank
    def getSuit(self): # Returns the suit of the card. 
        return self.suit
    def BJValue(self): # Returns the 'Blackjack value' of the card (Ace;1, Face card:10) 
        return min(self.rank, 10)
 
AceOfSpades = PlayingCard(1, 's')
print AceOfSpades
print AceOfSpades.getRank()