passing value from an object to a two dimensional array

Question

I am writing code for a simple poker game. The problem I'm having is the proper use of pointers. I did look at the link below, as well as did some google research, but I am missing something and I know its something simple. would appreciate help.

Trouble deciphering function parameters: pointer and pointer to pointer

Ok i have afunction that randomly generates the face and the value of the card. I want to pass this into an array as one string... so basically if wFace[column] is king and wSuit[row] is Heart. i want to pass king hearts to an array..player1... I can't figure out how to do that..here is what I tried..but it only collects the first value of face..it doesnt get the suit value.

When i try the code below the error I am getting is the following 73 35 E:\\C++lab\\pokerGame2.cpp [Error] incompatible types in assignment of 'const char*' to 'char* [5]'

[code]

void deal(const int wDeck[][13], const char *wFace[],
           const char *wSuit[], char *wplayer1[][5], const char *wplayer2[5]  )      
{   
    int card;
    int row;
    int column;
    int s;


    for(card =1; card <= 10; card++){

        if(card<=5){
            for(row = 0; row <= 3; row++){

            for(column = 0; column <= 12; column++){

                if(wDeck[row][column] ==card){
                    wplayer1[card] = wFace[column];
                    for(s=0; s<1; s++){
                        wplayer1[s] = wSuit[row];
                    }
                    //wplayer1[card][card]= (wFace[column], wSuit[row]);

                    cout<<wFace[column]<<" of "<<wSuit[row]<<"\n";
                    cout<<"player1 cards "<< wplayer1[card][s];
                }       
            }
        } 
    }
        else if(card>5 && card <=10){ 
            for(row = 0; row <= 3; row++){

            for(column = 0; column <= 12; column++){

                {if(wDeck[row][column] ==card){
                    wplayer2[card]= wFace[column], wSuit[row];
                     cout<<wFace[column]<<" of "<<wSuit[row]<<"\n";

                        }


                }
            }
        } 
    }

}

enter code here

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Answer 1

Welcome to Stack Overflow .

I've answered your previous question , where you gave the complete code so I think I do understand what you want in this post. Before I answer this question, please allow me to explain why people are so serious about the format .

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Now let's go back to your question.

The problem is not "how to pass two value into 2 dem array" but "why should you pass that kind of data?"

Since you are using C++ , you can use class to format your data.

Take a look at a simple example below:

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;

const char* FaceString[13] = {"Ace", "2", "3", "4",
                              "5", "6", "7", "8",
                              "9", "10", "Jack", "Queen", "King"};

const char* SuitString[4] = {"Spades", "Hearts", "Diamonds", "Clubs"};

class Card
{
public:
    int face;
    int suit;

    void toString() {
        cout<<FaceString[face]<<" of "<<SuitString[suit]<<endl;
    }

};

int main()
{    
    // Create a deck of cards
    Card deck[52];

    for (int i = 0; i < 52; i++) {    
        deck[i].face = i % 13;
        deck[i].suit = i % 4;    
    }

    // Shuffle
    srand (unsigned(time(0)));
    random_shuffle(&deck[0], (&deck[0]+52));   

    // Display cards
    for (int j = 0; j < 52; j++) {  
        cout<< "Card_" << (j+1) << ": ";
        deck[j].toString();
    }

    return 0;
}

The class Card is an abstraction (generalization) of poker cards.

In main() I create a deck of card by Card deck[52] and assign values (face and suit) to each of them by

 for (int i = 0; i < 52; i++) { 
        deck[i].face = i % 13;
        deck[i].suit = i % 4;
    }

In this case, you can simply shuffle one-dimensional and organized objects array deck , and pass a whole object (a poker card with it's own face and suit parameter) as value.

I use random_shuffle() in std library to shuffle the cards, and I leave dealing to you.

This will make your program cleaner and more understandable. I think this example is enough to provide you a direction of how to solve your problem.

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