Question

Hello. I am trying to figure out how to uses lists and class methods together for object oriented programming. Can anyone explain how to do this?

I know how to create a class:
"class Card(object):
def__init__(self, rank, suit):
self.rank = rank
self.suit = suit"

And, a list:
"rank = {'Ace':1, 'Two':2, 'Three':3, 'Four':4, 'Five':5, 'Six':6, 'Seven':7, 'Eight':8, 'Nine':9, 'Ten':10, 'Jack':11, 'Queen':12, 'King':13}"

Now how do I do this in Python using this list in the above class method?

Answer 1

o mg yes

Answer 2

First, that's not a list, it's a dictionary. Classes are blueprints for objects, they don't really exist in your program. You use classes to create objects (instances) of a class. The object is what you work with in your program.

If I want a card object, I would:

myCard = Card( "Ace", "Spade" )

This creates a Card object named myCard and runs the __init__() function to initialize myCard to be the ace of spades. To run methods of myCard, my code would be:

print myCard.__str__()

(You don't have any of your own methods in the post for me to use) This invokes the __str__() method on the myCard object.

Answer 3

I ended up working something out that involved a lot of elif statements and while it could be written better I'm still learning and this is just the best that I can do at this time. Thank you for the help! I was going to send you a private message but you have that turned off for some reason, but I do have another question that I would prefer to ask privately if you don't mind re-enabling your PM?

Thanks!

Answer 4

It's on.