deck of cards

[justinh]

Okay im trying to write a program that creates a random number (1,52) and then determines what the card is.

 

for instance

 

1 = 2 of spades

2 = 2 of clubs

3 = 2 of diamonds

4 = 2 of hearts

 

 

I know that if the cards even, its either clubs or hearts. odd, spades or diamonds.

Is there way of determining if an even is club or heart? odd, spade or diamond?

 

 

[premiso]

if (($card %2) == 0) {
    echo "Card is even";
}else {
    echo "Card is odd";
}

 

Should tell you whether it is odd or even.

 

The % is the modulus operator, if you want to read up on that.

[justinh]

Sorry must have worded by question wrong, I know how to determine if the number is even or odd.

 

Maybe it will help if I give an example:

 

Let's say rand(1,52) outputs 12   

 

<?php
$card = rand(1,52); 

if ( ( $card % 2 ) == 0 ) { 

//card is either Clubs, or Hearts

} else { 

//card is either Spades or Diamonds

} 

?>

 

This would only tell us that 12 is a club OR a heart.. I'm wondering after I figure this out, How would I go about finding out if 12 is a club OR if 12 is  a heart.

[Lucky_PHP_MAN]

I'm assuming that your (1,52) is a complete sets of card.

 

I would usually do a pre-defined sets of cards in an array.

 

So, let's say

1-13 = Spades

14-26 = Hearts

27-39 = Clubs

40-52 = Diamonds

 

Then check the number of the cards against these array of cards.

 

It's just an opinion.

 

Hope this help

 

Regards,

LPM