How to create a string that has a numerical value?

Question

card_value = 'J':11

print(card_value(x),'ack')
print(card_value(y)-11)

Basically I am making poker and don’t know how to deal with the J-Ace having their own numbers , while using the value to figure out types of hands.

you want to create string "J-11" with string var "J" and int var "11" ? — dikkini, Dec 09 '16 at 16:43
Strings are for humans. Computers do things with numbers. Represent card values (and even suits) as just plain numbers, perhaps 2=2, 3=3,...11=J, 12=Q, etc. And maybe 1=clubs, 2=diamonds, etc. Then do all the coding with numbers, and only translate them to strings for display to a human. — Lee Daniel Crocker, Dec 10 '16 at 00:38

MMF · Answer 1 · 2016-12-09T16:47:14.553

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Use a dictionary :

my_dict = {'J':11, 'A':10}

Then you can retrieve the value :

>> my_dict['J']
>> 11

edited Dec 09 '16 at 16:47

answered Dec 09 '16 at 16:45

MMF

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NMDV but never shadow Python built-in names with variables – Chris_Rands Dec 09 '16 at 16:46
@Chris_Rands : Thanks. You're right. Just updated ;) – MMF Dec 09 '16 at 16:47
If a jack is represented by 11, shouldn't an ace be represented by 14? – Nicholas Flees Dec 09 '16 at 16:53
For uniformity, I would put all the possible card values as strings in the dictionary and then always use it to map both the numbered cards and the lettered ones to numeric values (i.e: `{'J':11, 'A':10, '9':9, '8':8, ...}`. – martineau Dec 09 '16 at 16:54

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