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Re: Assigning values to bitmaps in a sequence :)

• Posted by Roderick Jackson <rjackson at CSIWEB.COM> Dec 02, 1999
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David Roach wrote:
>Hello all,
>This stuff is finally starting to make since to me. Just a little problem.
>I am working on my first program, Black Jack. I have 52 bitmaps named
>"1-52.bmp". These are loaded into a sequence Deck. Now how do assign values
>to the elements in Deck. Lets say the ace of hearts is loaded into
>Deck[1] how do I assign it a value of 1 and still keep the bitmap loaded
>into that element. Or would I use another element like Deck[2] for the
>value of the card. Basicaly I need to have a value associated with a Bitmap
>in a sequence. Any help would be greatly apriciated.

David,

My suggestion would be to use a second sequence for your
values. If your card is stored in Deck[1], put the value
of it in DeckValue[1]. For a game like yours, this is
probably the most efficient way to do it.

If for some reason you need to have them together, you
can take this approach...

    -- instead of
   Deck[1] = {...} -- bitmap of the card

    -- use
   Deck[1] = {value, {...}} -- value, AND the bitmap

    -- now you access the value with Deck[1][1],
    -- and the bitmap with Deck[1][2]. You can use
    -- constants to simplify things: VALUE=1, BITMAP=2
    -- so that you access Deck[1][VALUE] and
    -- Deck[1][BITMAP]


Rod Jackson