Deck of cards

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Deck

 Deck ()

Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

When we create a deck, all of the cards should be present

deck = Deck()
deck

A♣️; 2♣️; 3♣️; 4♣️; 5♣️; 6♣️; 7♣️; 8♣️; 9♣️; 10♣️; J♣️; Q♣️; K♣️; A♦️; 2♦️; 3♦️; 4♦️; 5♦️; 6♦️; 7♦️; 8♦️; 9♦️; 10♦️; J♦️; Q♦️; K♦️; A♥️; 2♥️; 3♥️; 4♥️; 5♥️; 6♥️; 7♥️; 8♥️; 9♥️; 10♥️; J♥️; Q♥️; K♥️; A♠️; 2♠️; 3♠️; 4♠️; 5♠️; 6♠️; 7♠️; 8♠️; 9♠️; 10♠️; J♠️; Q♠️; K♠️

That should be 52 cards

test_eq(len(deck), 52)

As a reminder, these are the suits

suits

['♣️', '♦️', '♥️', '♠️']

We can check if, e.g. the Ace of Clubs is in the deck

Card(0,1)

A♣️

Card(0,1) in deck

True

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Deck.pop

 Deck.pop (idx:int=-1)

Remove one card from the deck

	Type	Default	Details
idx	int	-1	The index of the card to remove, defaulting to the last one

deck = Deck()
test_eq(deck.pop(), Card(3,13))  # K♠️

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Deck.shuffle

 Deck.shuffle ()

Shuffles the cards in this deck

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Deck.remove

 Deck.remove (card:nbdev_cardtest.card.Card)

Removes card from the deck or raises exception if it is not there

	Type	Details
card	Card	Card to remove

card23 = Card(2, 3)
deck.remove(card23)

assert card23 not in deck

# show_doc(Deck.shuffle)