{"id":632,"date":"2016-07-24T00:09:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-24T00:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/python\/?p=632"},"modified":"2016-07-24T16:12:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T16:12:16","slug":"creating-a-pontoon-blackjack-card-game-in-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/python\/2016\/07\/24\/creating-a-pontoon-blackjack-card-game-in-python\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Pontoon \/ Blackjack card game in Python"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"arconix-tabs-horizontal\"><ul class=\"arconix-tabs\"><li data-arconix-icon=\" \" data-arconix-color=\" \" class=\"arconix-tab tab-Step1-Createthedeck\"><a class=\"\" href=\"#tab-Step1-Createthedeck\">Step 1 - Create the deck<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-arconix-icon=\" \" data-arconix-color=\" \" class=\"arconix-tab tab-Createamainscreen\"><a class=\"\" href=\"#tab-Createamainscreen\">Create a main screen<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-arconix-icon=\" \" data-arconix-color=\" \" class=\"arconix-tab tab-Codeaplayersturn\"><a class=\"\" href=\"#tab-Codeaplayersturn\">Code a player's turn<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-arconix-icon=\" \" data-arconix-color=\" \" class=\"arconix-tab tab-Codewinlose\"><a class=\"\" href=\"#tab-Codewinlose\">Code win\/lose<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"arconix-panes\"><div class=\"arconix-pane pane-Step1-Createthedeck\">\n<div class=\"arconix-accordions arconix-accordions-vertical arconix-accordions-1\"><div class=\"arconix-accordion-title accordion-Createthedeckofcards\"><i class=\"fa\"><\/i><p>Create the deck of cards<\/p><\/div><div class=\"arconix-accordion-content\">\n<p>This first thing we need to do is create a deck of cards. In order to make a deck of cards we must first understand what a deck of cards is.<\/p>\n<p>A pack is made up of 52 cards (excluding jokers)<\/p>\n<p>Each card in the deck has three attributes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Its name\n<ul>\n<li>1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,jack,queen,king<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Its value:\n<ul>\n<li>1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Its suit:\n<ul>\n<li>Spades, Diamonds,Hearts,Clubs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Python it is easy to create this full deck of cards using 2 lists and a couple of for loops:<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/richardbwest\/fcc31b5a5edd1135489e0f719638998d.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here we have created a list of 52 cards, with each card consisting of a tuple of 2 values:<\/p>\n<p><strong>(name,suit)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"arconix-accordion-title accordion-Createthehelperfunctions\"><i class=\"fa\"><\/i><p>Create the helper functions<\/p><\/div><div class=\"arconix-accordion-content\">\n<p>Once we have created the deck of cards it is useful to create a few helper functions to deal with the pack.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>getRealName &#8211; This returns the card&#8217;s full name in a human readable form<\/li>\n<li>getValue &#8211; This return&#8217;s the card&#8217;s value, useful for calculations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/richardbwest\/73acb9932bbcb67083573c4fe619ff26.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"arconix-accordion-title accordion-Fullscript\"><i class=\"fa\"><\/i><p>Full script<\/p><\/div><div class=\"arconix-accordion-content\">\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/richardbwest\/4b08d078cedbd3cfce4d920c184a9f01.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"arconix-pane pane-Createamainscreen\">\n<p><div class=\"arconix-accordions arconix-accordions-vertical arconix-accordions-1\"><div class=\"arconix-accordion-title accordion-MainScreenDesign\"><i class=\"fa\"><\/i><p>Main Screen Design<\/p><\/div><div class=\"arconix-accordion-content\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/python\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/07\/Pontoon-main-screen.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-636 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/python\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/07\/Pontoon-main-screen-300x288.jpg\" alt=\"Pontoon main screen\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/python\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/07\/Pontoon-main-screen-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/python\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/07\/Pontoon-main-screen.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Creating the mainScreen<\/h3>\n<p>In order to create the main game screen we first need to come up with a plan! You can have a look at my plan to the right of the screen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"arconix-accordion-title accordion-RequiredFunctionsampDataStructures\"><i class=\"fa\"><\/i><p>Required Functions &amp; Data Structures<\/p><\/div><div class=\"arconix-accordion-content\">\n<p>From the plan I can see that I am going to need:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Functions<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-list\" data-arconix-icon=\"fa-chevron-circle-right\" data-arconix-color=\"black\">\n<ul>\n<li>A MainScreen() function<\/li>\n<li>A function to display whose turn it is<\/li>\n<li>A function to display each player&#8217;s hand<\/li>\n<li>A function to get input from the player<\/li>\n<li>A function to calculate &amp; display who is the winner \/ loser.<\/li>\n<li>A function to calculate a player&#8217;s score.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Variables<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-list\" data-arconix-icon=\"fa-chevron-circle-right\" data-arconix-color=\"black\">\n<ul>\n<li>playerTurn variable to keep track of whose turn it is.<\/li>\n<li>A round variable to see if it is round one or 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Data Structures<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-list\" data-arconix-icon=\"fa-chevron-circle-right\" data-arconix-color=\"black\">\n<ul>\n<li>A list for each player to contain the cards that they have been dealt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"arconix-pane pane-Codeaplayersturn\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"arconix-pane pane-Codewinlose\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - 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