Help Making a BlackJack Game

[king202]

Hey
I need some help making a graphical Blackjack game. If someone can help me out I would be greatful

[Cervantes]

what do you mean by "help"? How are you planning to do it and what exactly have you done so far? We need more information in order to "help" you. And if on the off chance you mean "do this for me" when you say "help" you won't get it.

So tell us what you need help with, and we will surely provide.

[king202]

OK I have a Blackjack game That just plays the game blackjack. I was woundering if you could help me make the bet part of it.
I can seem to be able to place a bet and have the money either take away or addon to the total amount.
can you help

[Dan]

well u just have a var that holdes how much money they curenly have, then u get input from the users about how much money they whont to bet. if it is more then what they have or an invaled number u ask the qeustion intill they put in vaild input. then once the game is done u add or take away money from the 1st money var deponding on the value of the input of how much to bet. so if they start with 1000:

var money:int:=1000
vet bet:int

put "put in $ to bet"
get bet

%put some error checking here
%put game here


%if they lose the game:
money := money - bet

%else if they win the game

money := money + bet

[gamer]

if u want u may wish to post wut ur program is so far, then we can hav more understanding of ur game

[king202]

Ok here is my program can you please help me Set you the bet part

% BlackJack

var card : int
var input : string
var plays : string
var total : int
var dealer : int
var dcard : int

loop
total := Rand.Int (1, 10)
loop
put total :2
put "would you like to Hit or Stay? <H/S> "..
get input
if input = "H" or input = "h" then
card := Rand.Int (1, 10)
else
exit
end if
total := card + total
exit when total > 21
end loop
loop
dealer := Rand.Int (1, 11)
if dealer < 16 then
dcard := Rand.Int (1, 11)
dealer := dealer + dcard
end if
exit when dealer >= 16
end loop
put "The dealer has "
delay (500)
put dealer, "!"
put "You have "
delay (500)
put total, "!"
if total > 21 and dealer > 21 then
put "You and the dealer busted!"
elsif total > 21 then
put "You busted, dealer wins!"
elsif total = dealer then
put "You and the dealer tied!"
elsif total > dealer then
put "You win!"
elsif dealer > 21 then
put "The dealer busted, you win!"
else
put "The dealer wins!"
end if
end loop

[gamer]

is this wut ya want?

code:

% BlackJack var card, total, dealer, dcard, bet, money : int var input, plays : string money := 1000 loop     total := Rand.Int (1, 10)     put "You have $", money, "."     loop         put "How much would you like to bet for this game? $" ..         get bet         exit when bet > 0 or bet <= money  %%%%so the user can only wutever he has     end loop     loop         put total : 2         put "would you like to Hit or Stay? <H/S> " ..         get input         if input = "H" or input = "h" then             card := Rand.Int (1, 10)         else             exit         end if         total := card + total         exit when total > 21     end loop     loop         dealer := Rand.Int (1, 11)         if dealer < 16 then             dcard := Rand.Int (1, 11)             dealer := dealer + dcard         end if         exit when dealer >= 16     end loop     put "The dealer has "     delay (500)     put dealer, "!"     put "You have "     delay (500)     put total, "!"     if total > 21 and dealer > 21 then         put "You and the dealer busted!"         money -= bet     elsif total > 21 then         put "You busted, dealer wins!"         money -= bet     elsif total = dealer then         put "You and the dealer tied!"     elsif total > dealer then         put "You win!"     elsif dealer > 21 then         put "The dealer busted, you win!"         money += bet     else         put "The dealer wins!"         money -= bet     end if     exit when money <= 0 end loop

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[king202]

That is Great man Thanks. I have just a couple more question if someone could help.
First Can you explain what you did with the program?
Second How to you assign a king queen jack and ace
thanks alot

[AsianSensation]

I'm assuming you need this for the graphical part. When you did the Rand.Int (1, 10), you are essentially getting a random card from Ace to 10. Now for the Jack, Queen, and King, just assign each the value of 11, 12, and 13. So Rand.Int (1, 13) would get a random card between Ace and King.

Now, using Rand.Int would not essentially be good for a complex blackjack game, like the real blackjack with every single rules. The best way of handling a blackjack game is to do string manipulation. Such that your "deck" is a long string, and you are cutting and appending on the string, "shuffling" the deck by rearranging substrings. It is a bit more complex, but it's easier to work if you want to implement every rules.

[king202]

ok so If i want to do this right at the top would i do
jack:=11
queen:=12
king:=13
How would i put these values into the Rand.Int

[Delta]

Boom! its in a Randint lol I'm not sure what you mean and if it is... ummm...well... ya... good luck with programming.

code:

Rand.Int (1, 13)

[Flashkicks]

EeEeEeK.. Lets hope that wasnt too harsh my friend..lol.. But yeah.. Your problem should be fixed.. [Delta's heartLess]

[king202]

Great Thanks
But i would like it to display King Queen Jack or ace. How would you get it to do that

[Delta]

ok.... try something like this...

code:

if card = 11 then     put "Jack" elsif card = 12 then     put "Queen" elsif card = 13 then     put "King" end if

[king202]

where would i put that in the code at the top middle or end