From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2002-08-08T01:52:52+09:00
Subject: Re: A very small challenge

"Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> writes:

> I've implemented this for now as a class method taking a parameter
> which is an array of four cards. Each card is an object with accessors
> 'suit' and 'rank'.

Possibly that's what's causing you a problem. Perhaps the concept of a
round of cards has enough intrinsic behavior to qualify for it's own
class:

    round  = Round.new

    players.each do |p|
      card = p.select_card(round)  # I'm assuming the round provides
                                   # context to guide the selection
      round.add(p, card)
    end

    winner = round.winner


or somesuch... :)



Dave