Lecture Notes on 9 Feb 2022

import random

class Card (object):
  RANKS = (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)

  SUITS = ('C', 'D', 'H', 'S')

  # constructor
  def __init__ (self, rank = 12, suit = 'S'):
    if (rank in Card.RANKS):
      self.rank = rank
    else:
      self.rank = 12

    if (suit in Card.SUITS):
      self.suit = suit
    else:
      self.suit = 'S'

  # string representation of a Card object
  def __str__ (self):
    if (self.rank == 14):
      rank = 'A'
    elif (self.rank == 13):
      rank = 'K'
    elif (self.rank == 12):
      rank = 'Q'
    elif (self.rank == 11):
      rank = 'J'
    else:
      rank = str (self.rank)
    return rank + self.suit

  # equality tests
  def __eq__ (self, other):
    return self.rank == other.rank

  def __ne__ (self, other):
    return self.rank != other.rank

  def __lt__ (self, other):
    return self.rank < other.rank

  def __le__ (self, other):
    return self.rank <= other.rank

  def __gt__ (self, other):
    return self.rank > other.rank

  def __ge__ (self, other):
    return self.rank >= other.rank

class Deck (object):
  # constructor
  def __init__ (self, num_decks = 1):
    self.deck = []
    for i in range (num_decks):
      for suit in Card.SUITS:
        for rank in Card.RANKS:
          card = Card (rank, suit)
          self.deck.append (card)

  # shuffle the deck
  def shuffle (self):
    random.shuffle (self.deck)

  # deal a card
  def deal (self):
    if (len(self.deck) == 0):
      return None
    else:
      return self.deck.pop(0)

class Poker (object):
  # constructor
  def __init__ (self, num_players = 2, num_cards = 5):
    self.deck = Deck()
    self.deck.shuffle()
    self.players_hands = []
    self.numCards_in_Hand = num_cards

    # deal all the hands
    for i in range (num_players):
      hand = []
      for j in range (self.numCards_in_Hand):
        hand.append (self.deck.deal())
      self.players_hands.append (hand)

  # simulate the play of the game
  def play (self):
    # sort the hands of each player and print the hand
    for i in range (len(self.players_hands)):
      sorted_hand = sorted (self.players_hands[i], reverse = True)
      self.players_hands[i] = sorted_hand
      hand_str = ''
      for card in sorted_hand:
        hand_str = hand_str + str(card) + ' '
      print ('Player ' + str(i + 1) + ': ' + hand_str)

    # determine the type of hand

    # determine the winner


def main():
  # prompt the user to input the number of players
  num_players = int (input ('Enter the number of players: '))
  while ((num_players < 2) or (num_players > 6)):
    num_players = int (input ('Enter the number of players: '))

  # create the Poker object
  game = Poker (num_players)

  # play the game
  game.play()

main()