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Xphoenix
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So I have a list that is supposed to hold a deck of cards. I need to shuffle the deck. Is there a function that let's me do this (am I missing something obvious)? Or is there method to do this?
I have a method for doing this, but it is very inefficient. |
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Harrierfalcon
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Do you have a format for doing this? Obviously 1-13 is Ace thru King, but what about suits?
If your format is each suit is .1, .2, .3, and .4, then
[font="courier new;font-size:9pt;line-height:100%;color:darkblue"]:seq(1+round(13fPart(Z/13),0)+int((Z+13)/13).1,Z,0,51->L1
:rand(52->L2
:SortA(L2,L1
L1 holds the deck of cards. L2 is a bunch of garbage.
Btw, Welcome to United-TI!
EDIT: Crap. I thought this was in z80 basic...sorry.
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Xphoenix
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| Posted: 04 Apr 2007 10:24:18 pm Post subject: |
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This is in the 68k section...
I don't need suits or K/Q/J (lol). I just need the numbers (1-13, each four times). |
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DarkerLine
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The principle is the same, the syntax is just a bit different.
[font="courier new;font-size:9pt;line-height:100%;color:darkblue"]seq(int(i/4),i,4,55)→cards
seq(rand(),i,1,52)→rnd
SortA rnd,cards |
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Xphoenix
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| Posted: 05 Apr 2007 08:57:48 pm Post subject: |
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So "cards" would be the shuffled deck?
What's "rnd" for? (If it's the same as L2, then what do I need garbage for? It's not even used in storing "cards.") |
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Harrierfalcon
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| Posted: 05 Apr 2007 09:16:53 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know 68K basic but I know why.
It is used for shuffling. The method DarkerLine uses to make the deck creates it all in an ordered sequence. So, by storing a 52 random numbers to a list, the chance that an element equals any other will be very little.
[font="courier new;font-size:9pt;line-height:100%;color:darkblue"]SortA rnd,cards presumably does the same function that it does in z80 basic. It sorts rnd, using cards as a freqlist. Say you have listtwo whose elements look like [font="courier new;font-size:9pt;line-height:100%;color:darkblue"]1 2 3 4 5, and you have a listone that looks like [font="courier new;font-size:9pt;line-height:100%;color:darkblue"]2 3 4 1 5. Then SortA listone,listtwo would change listone into [font="courier new;font-size:9pt;line-height:100%;color:darkblue"]1 2 3 4 5 and listtwo into [font="courier new;font-size:9pt;line-height:100%;color:darkblue"]4 1 2 3 5.
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DarkerLine
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| Posted: 05 Apr 2007 09:22:26 pm Post subject: |
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It's a list of random numbers, which you temporarily use to shuffle [font="courier new;font-size:9pt;line-height:100%;color:darkblue"]cards.
The statement [font="courier new;font-size:9pt;line-height:100%;color:darkblue"]SortA rnd,cards sorts [font="courier new;font-size:9pt;line-height:100%;color:darkblue"]rnd into order while keeping [font="courier new;font-size:9pt;line-height:100%;color:darkblue"]cards "in sync" with it: for example, if the fifth element of [font="courier new;font-size:9pt;line-height:100%;color:darkblue"]rnd were the smallest, it would go to the front, and the fifth element of [font="courier new;font-size:9pt;line-height:100%;color:darkblue"]cards would also be moved to the front. Sinc the random numbers are in random order and the cards are in increasing order, putting the random numbers in increasing order while keeping the cards in sync results in the cards being in random order.
All you need to know if you don't understand this explanation is that you need [font="courier new;font-size:9pt;line-height:100%;color:darkblue"]rnd during this tiny bit of code, but once it's done you can delete it. In fact you should probably declare [font="courier new;font-size:9pt;line-height:100%;color:darkblue"]rnd as [font="courier new;font-size:9pt;line-height:100%;color:darkblue"]Local. |
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Xphoenix
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| Posted: 05 Apr 2007 09:56:05 pm Post subject: |
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Ok... That works. But I still though don't know the syntax for seq(. But I don't need to (currently).
*few seconds later*
NVM, I read the manual.
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