I have a java program that I had working perfectly, but somehow, overtime it failed. I'm really not sure how and I'm not sure why, so I'm hoping a new pair of eyes will help solve the problem. Please help, thanks! The program is a simple "poker" code that outputs 5 random cards from the deck.
The program was working when I first ran it but for some strange reason it doesn't run anymore.
I keep getting the errors...
"cannot resolve symbol rank.length",
"cannot resolve symbol suit.length",
"Package java.Random does not exist"
The Program:
import java.Random.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class Poker {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//initialize variables
int suits = suit.length;
int ranks = rank.length;
int n = suits * ranks;
//counter
int m = 5;
// create a deck of 52 cards
String[] suit = { "Clubs", "Diamonds", "Hearts", "Spades" };
String[] rank = { "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10",
"Jack", "Queen", "King", "Ace"
};
// initialize deck
String[] deck = new String[n];
for (int i = 0; i < ranks; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < suits; j++) {
deck[suits*i + j] = rank[i] + " of " + suit[j];
}
}
// create random 5 cards
for (int i = 0; i < m; i++) {
int r = i + (int) (Math.random() * (n-i));
String t = deck[r];
deck[r] = deck[i];
deck[i] = t;
}
// print results
for (int i = 0; i < m; i++){
System.out.println(deck[i]);
}
}
}
cannot resolve symbol rank.length
That's because you try to access rank.length
before declaring rank
.
Try:
//first declare arrays
// create a deck of 52 cards
String[] suit = { "Clubs", "Diamonds", "Hearts", "Spades" };
String[] rank = { "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10",
"Jack", "Queen", "King", "Ace"
};
//then find out their length
int suits = suit.length;
int ranks = rank.length;
int n = suits * ranks;
//counter
int m = 5;
Package java.Random does not exist
It's true, it's import java.util.Random
, not import java.Random.*
, the java.Random
package doesn't exist.