Array for a deck of cards

[gerryflockhart]

Hello,

I am a bit of a novice at JavaScript but am trying to make a simple card game. Unfortunately, I've fallen at the first hurdle which is to make a standard deck of cards (I'm guessing as an array) and then randomly split the deck into 2 random piles, A and B (each will therefore be of size 26).

Does anyone know how I might do this? Or be kind enough to point me in the right direction for the best approach.

Many Thanks.

[snow]

How far have you got at the moment?

[gerryflockhart]

Originally Posted by snow

How far have you got at the moment?

Nowhere at the moment. I'm still trying to work out how everything can be done using JavaScript...

[ukgeoff]

Start with an array of the numbers 1 - 52 which represent the pack.

Have a random generate a number between 1 and the length of this array.

Have two other arrays for your two halves of the pack.

Remove the number from the pack array at the cell location generated and place it into one of the smaller arrays.

Removing the number from the pack array reduces its length by one.

Repeat the sequence, each time placing the number chosen into the opposite small array than last time.

Eventually the pack array will be empty and you will have two arrays of 26 numbers, each representing half the pack, randomly chosen.

[gerryflockhart]

Thanks so much for all your help. I seem to have a function that shuffles the cards now... although, I now have a different problem.

I am trying to output from the array to a textarea. When I do, the output is not going over multiple lines even though I have set the properties of the textarea to have 3. Does anyone know how to make the output go onto a different line when the top line is full?

[gerryflockhart]

I've sorted this problem out now. It seems Firefox would keep everything on one line, but IE uses multiple lines.

I am making progress (albeit slow)...

Does anyone know how to make a function so that when a button is pressed, the computer puts the card from their deck down, and when the button is pressed again, the human player puts their card down... and so on..?

Thanks in advance!