playing-card-utils 2.0.0

"The comprehensive Python library for all your playing card needs! Whether you’re a game developer, a hobbyist, or just someone who loves card games, pyCard is your go-to solution for creating and managing a wide variety of card games."

py-playing-cards

Introduction

The comprehensive Python library for all your playing card needs! Whether you’re a game developer, a hobbyist, or just someone who loves card games, pyCard is your go-to solution for creating and managing a wide variety of card games.

Suite

Suites -> [♠, ♥, ♣, ♦]

• Symbol

import playing_card_utils as pc

print("Spade:", pc.SPADES)
print("Heart:", pc.HEARTS)
print("Club:", pc.CLUBS)
print("Diamond:", pc.DIAMONDS)

"""
Spade: ♠
Heart: ♥
Club: ♣
Diamond: ♦
"""

• Name

import playing_card_utils as pc

print("1:", pc.SPADES.name)
print("2:", pc.HEARTS.name)
print("3:", pc.CLUBS.name)
print("4:", pc.DIAMONDS.name)

"""
1: Spades
2: Hearts
3: Clubs
4: Diamonds
"""

---

Card Type

Card Types -> [A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, T, J, Q, K]

• Names

import playing_card_utils as pc

for card_type in pc.CARD_TYPES:
    print(card_type.name)

"""
Ace
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Jack
Queen
King
"""

• Weight

import playing_card_utils as pc

for card_type in pc.CARD_TYPES:
    print(f"{card_type.name} -> {card_type.weight}")

"""
Ace -> 14
Two -> 2
Three -> 3
Four -> 4
Five -> 5
Six -> 6
Seven -> 7
Eight -> 8
Nine -> 9
Ten -> 10
Jack -> 11
Queen -> 12
King -> 13
"""

---

Card

Create instance of the card.

• Using the class

import playing_card_utils as pc

ace_of_spades = pc.Card(
    suite_code=pc.SUITES.SPADES.code,
    card_type_code=pc.CARD_TYPES.ACE.code
)

print(ace_of_spades)
# Output >>> A♠

• Direct

import playing_card_utils as pc

ace_of_spades = pc.ACE_SPADES
print("Card:", ace_of_spades)
# Output >>> Card: A♠

Card properties & attributes

• Name

import playing_card_utils as pc

# Card Name
print("Name:", pc.ACE_SPADES.name)
# Output >>> Name: Ace of Spades

• Card Suite

import playing_card_utils as pc

print("Suite:", pc.ACE_SPADES.suite)
# Output >>> Suite: ♠

• Card Type

import playing_card_utils as pc

print("Card Type:", pc.ACE_SPADES.card_type)
# Output >>> Card Type: A

---

Deck

The class provides the following functions and attributes

• add_card_at_index
• add_cards
• card_exists
• cards
• count
• count_by_card
• count_by_card_type
• count_by_suite
• draw_card
• draw_card_at_index
• draw_random_card
• draw_random_cards
• missing_cards
• remove_card
• remove_card_at_index
• remove_card_type
• remove_cards
• remove_suite
• reset
• shuffle

Initialization

from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

Cards in Deck

List storing all the cards in the deck

from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()
print(deck.cards)

# [A♠, 2♠, 3♠, 4♠, 5♠, 6♠, 7♠, 8♠, 9♠, T♠, J♠, Q♠, K♠, A♥, 2♥, 3♥, 4♥, 5♥, 6♥, 7♥, 8♥, 9♥, T♥, J♥, Q♥, K♥, A♣, 2♣, 3♣, 4♣, 5♣, 6♣, 7♣, 8♣, 9♣, T♣, J♣, Q♣, K♣, A♦, 2♦, 3♦, 4♦, 5♦, 6♦, 7♦, 8♦, 9♦, T♦, J♦, Q♦, K♦]

Count

The number of cards in the deck can be counted in two ways

1. len(deck)
2. deck.count()

Shuffle

from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()
deck.shuffle()
print(deck.cards)

# [3♦, A♦, 8♥, 5♠, 6♣, 6♦, 5♥, T♣, 8♣, 7♥, 4♠, 2♦, Q♥, K♥, 8♦, 6♠, A♠, A♣, T♥, K♦, 7♦, 9♠, 3♥, 5♦, J♣, 2♥, 4♦, 9♦, 3♠, A♥, K♠, 9♥, 2♣, K♣, 2♠, J♥, J♦, Q♠, 4♥, 3♣, T♦, 5♣, 7♠, 6♥, 8♠, T♠, Q♣, 9♣, 4♣, J♠, 7♣, Q♦]

Card exists in the deck

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

# Check if the deck contains the Ace of Spades
print("Ace of Spades exists:", deck.card_exists(card=pc.ACE_SPADES))

# Remove the Ace of Spades from the deck
deck.remove_card(card=pc.ACE_SPADES)

# Check if the deck contains the Ace of Spades after removal
print("Ace of Spades exists:", deck.card_exists(card=pc.ACE_SPADES))

# Ace of Spades exists: True
# Ace of Spades removed: False

Count number of cards in the deck

from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()
print("Number of cards in the deck:", deck.count())

# Number of cards in the deck: 52

Empty the deck

from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()
deck.cards = []
print("Number of cards in the deck:", deck.count())

# Number of cards in the deck: 0

Reset the deck

from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

deck.shuffle()
print("After shuffle:", deck)

deck.reset()
print("After reset:", deck)

# After shuffle: [Q♥, T♦, 8♣, Q♠, 4♥, 2♥, 5♥, 9♥, 8♠, 6♦, A♦, T♥, Q♦, 4♦, A♣, J♦, K♥, 2♣, 9♦, 6♠, 8♥, 3♥, 5♣, 9♠, 6♣, K♠, A♠, 3♦, 7♥, 4♠, Q♣, K♦, T♠, J♠, 2♦, 3♠, A♥, 7♣, 7♠, 6♥, T♣, K♣, 5♠, J♣, J♥, 4♣, 2♠, 3♣, 8♦, 9♣, 5♦, 7♦]

# After reset: [A♠, 2♠, 3♠, 4♠, 5♠, 6♠, 7♠, 8♠, 9♠, T♠, J♠, Q♠, K♠, A♥, 2♥, 3♥, 4♥, 5♥, 6♥, 7♥, 8♥, 9♥, T♥, J♥, Q♥, K♥, A♣, 2♣, 3♣, 4♣, 5♣, 6♣, 7♣, 8♣, 9♣, T♣, J♣, Q♣, K♣, A♦, 2♦, 3♦, 4♦, 5♦, 6♦, 7♦, 8♦, 9♦, T♦, J♦, Q♦, K♦]

Count by suite

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()
spades_count = deck.count_by_suite(pc.SPADES)
print("Spades in the deck:", spades_count)

# Spades in the deck: 13

Draw Card

Draws a given card from the deck if it exists. If not exists then raises CardError exception.

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

card = deck.draw_card(card=pc.ACE_SPADES)
print(card)

# A♠

Draw Card at Index

Draws card at given index if the index exists. If the index does not exist then raises IndexError

from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

print("Card at index 33:", deck.cards[33])
card = deck.draw_card_at_index(index=33)
print("Drawn card", card)

# Card at index 33: 8♣
# Drawn card 8♣

Draw Random Card

Draws a random card from the deck. If the deck is empty, then raises NotEnoughCardsError

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

random_card = deck.draw_random_card()
print("Random Card:", random_card)
print("Cards in the deck:", len(deck))

# Random Card: K♦
# Cards in the deck: 51

Draw Random Cards

Draws given number of cards from the deck. If the number is greater than the number of cards in the deck, then NotEnoughCardsError exception is raised

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

random_cards = deck.draw_random_cards(number_of_cards=2)
print("Random Cards:", random_cards)
print("Cards in the deck:", len(deck))

# Random Cards: [Q♣, 3♠]
# Cards in the deck: 50

Missing Cards

Returns the list of cards which are missing in the deck

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

# Removing Jack of Spades and Jack of Hearts
deck.remove_cards([
    pc.JACK_SPADES,
    pc.JACK_HEARTS
])

print(deck.missing_cards())

# [J♠, J♥]

Count by card type

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()
aces_count = deck.count_by_card_type(pc.ACE)
print("Spades in the deck:", aces_count)

# Aces in the deck: 4

Count by card

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

print("Ace of Spades in deck:", deck.count_by_card(card=pc.ACE_SPADES))

# Ace of Spades in deck: 1

Add card in the deck

By default, the duplicate_allowed is set to False

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()
deck.add_card(card=pc.ACE_SPADES, duplicate_allowed=True)

ace_count = deck.count_by_card_type(pc.ACE)
print("Aces in the deck:", ace_count)

spades_count = deck.count_by_suite(pc.SPADES)
print("Spades in the deck:", spades_count)

# Aces in the deck: 5
# Spades in the deck: 14

If we try to run the same code with duplicate_allowed = False then CardError exception will be raised.

Add multiple cards

Adds multiple cards at once.

duplicate_allowed is also applicable to this function. The default is False

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

# Emptying the deck
deck.cards = []

# Cards to be added
cards = [pc.ACE_SPADES, pc.KING_SPADES, pc.QUEEN_SPADES, pc.JACK_SPADES]

deck.add_cards(cards=cards)
print(deck)

# [A♠, K♠, Q♠, J♠]

Add card at given index

Adds card at given index.

duplicate_allowed is also applicable to this function. The default is False

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

deck.cards = [
    pc.ACE_SPADES, pc.QUEEN_SPADES
]

print("Cards before adding:", deck)
deck.add_card_at_index(card=pc.KING_SPADES, index=1)
print("Cards after adding:", deck)

# Cards before adding: [A♠, Q♠]
# Cards after adding: [A♠, K♠, Q♠]

Remove Card

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

deck.remove_card(pc.ACE_SPADES)

print("Cards in the deck:", len(deck))

# Cards in the deck: 51

Remove Card at Index

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

# Removing Jack of Spades and Jack of Hearts
card_at_index_14 = deck.cards[14]
deck.remove_card_at_index(14)

print("Card at index 14:", card_at_index_14)
print(deck.missing_cards())

# Card at index 14: 2♥
# [2♥]

Remove Cards

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

# Removing Jack of Spades and Jack of Hearts
cards = [pc.JACK_SPADES, pc.JACK_HEARTS]
deck.remove_cards(cards=cards)
print(deck.missing_cards())

# [J♠, J♥]

Remove cards by suite

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

deck.remove_suite(pc.SPADES)

print("Cards in the deck:", len(deck))

# Cards in the deck: 39

Remove Cards by Type

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

deck.remove_card_type(card_type=pc.SIX)

print("Cards in the deck:", len(deck))

# Cards in the deck: 48

General Functions

• sort_cards
• same_suite
• is_in_sequence
• [count_by_suite]
• [count_by_card_type]
• [count_by_card]

Sort Cards

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

# Removing Jack of Spades and Jack of Hearts
cards = [
    pc.ACE_CLUBS,
    pc.NINE_DIAMONDS,
    pc.TWO_HEARTS,
    pc.FOUR_CLUBS
]
cards = pc.sort_cards(cards=cards)
print(cards)

# [2♥, 4♣, 9♦, A♣]

Same Suite

Checks whether the cards in the given list are of same suite

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

# Removing Jack of Spades and Jack of Hearts
cards_a = [
    pc.ACE_CLUBS,
    pc.NINE_DIAMONDS,
    pc.TWO_HEARTS,
    pc.FOUR_CLUBS
]
print("Are cards in `cards_a` of same suite?", pc.same_suite(cards_a))

cards_b = [
    pc.QUEEN_CLUBS,
    pc.KING_CLUBS,
    pc.ACE_CLUBS,
]
print("Are cards in `cards_b` of same suite?", pc.same_suite(cards_b))

# Are cards in `cards_a` of same suite? False
# Are cards in `cards_b` of same suite? True

Is in Sequence

Checks whether the cards in the given list are in sequence

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

# Removing Jack of Spades and Jack of Hearts
cards_a = [
    pc.ACE_CLUBS,
    pc.NINE_DIAMONDS,
    pc.TWO_HEARTS,
    pc.FOUR_CLUBS
]
print("Are cards in `cards_a` in sequence?", pc.is_in_sequence(cards_a))

cards_b = [
    pc.QUEEN_CLUBS,
    pc.KING_CLUBS,
    pc.ACE_CLUBS,
]
print("Are cards in `cards_b` in sequence?", pc.is_in_sequence(cards_b))

cards_c = [
    pc.THREE_CLUBS,
    pc.TWO_CLUBS,
    pc.ACE_CLUBS,
]
print("Are cards in `cards_c` in sequence?", pc.is_in_sequence(cards_c))

# Are cards in `cards_a` in sequence? False
# Are cards in `cards_b` in sequence? True
# Are cards in `cards_c` in sequence? True

Count by Suite

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

# Removing Jack of Spades and Jack of Hearts
cards_a = [
    pc.ACE_CLUBS,
    pc.NINE_DIAMONDS,
    pc.TWO_HEARTS,
    pc.FOUR_CLUBS
]
clubs_in_cards_a = pc.count_by_suite(suite=pc.CLUBS, cards=cards_a)
print("Number of clubs in cards_a:", clubs_in_cards_a)

# Number of clubs in cards_a: 2

Count by Card Type

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

# Removing Jack of Spades and Jack of Hearts
cards_a = [
    pc.ACE_CLUBS,
    pc.NINE_DIAMONDS,
    pc.TWO_HEARTS,
    pc.FOUR_CLUBS,
    pc.ACE_HEARTS
]
aces_in_cards_a = pc.count_by_card_type(card_type=pc.ACE, cards=cards_a)
print("Number of aces in cards_a:", aces_in_cards_a)

# Number of aces in cards_a: 2

Count by Card

import playing_card_utils as pc
from playing_card_utils.deck import Deck

deck = Deck()

# Removing Jack of Spades and Jack of Hearts
cards_a = [
    pc.ACE_CLUBS,
    pc.ACE_HEARTS,
    pc.ACE_HEARTS,
    pc.FOUR_CLUBS,
    pc.ACE_HEARTS
]
ace_of_hearts_in_cards_a = pc.count_by_card(cards=cards_a, card=pc.ACE_HEARTS)
print("Number of ace of hearts in cards_a:", ace_of_hearts_in_cards_a)

# Number of ace of hearts in cards_a: 3