Playing Cards Toolbox 1.0

Contains a card class for simple usage. Supports matrices of cards. 37 object methods.

Description

Easier to tell what this is by showing the contents file:
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  Playing Cards Toolbox.
  Version 1.0 17-Jun-2005
 
  What's new.
    readme_card.txt - New features, bug fixes, and changes in this version.
 
  Miscellaneous.
    cardplot - Plots cards (non-object).
    solitaire - A solitaire game template of sorts.
 
  Card creation.
    card - Card object constructor.
    cards - Card matrix.
    deck - 13x4 Standard card deck.
    rcard - Random card matrix.
 
  Card tests.
    iscard - True for card objects.
    isjoker - True for joker cards.
    isup - True for face up cards.
    isvisible - True for visible cards.
 
  Relational operators.
    eq - Equal values. ==
    ne - Not equal values. ~=
    lt - Less than for values. <
    gt - Greater than for values. >
    le - Less than or equal for values. <=
    ge - Greater than or equal for values. >=
 
  Concatenation.
    horzcat - Horizontal concatenation. [,]
    vertcat - Vertical concatenation. [;]
 
  Card operations.
    change - Change value and suit.
    ctranspose - Flip card. '
    facedn - Turn card face down.
    faceup - Turn card face up.
    flip - Flip card.
    hide - Hide card.
    joker - Change to joker cards.
    show - Show card.
    suit - Set or show suit.
    value - Set or show value.
 
  Card arithmetics.
    sum - Sum or "weighted" sum of values.
    weight - Weighting card values.
 
  Card plotting and display.
    table - Creates a card table.
    delete - Deletes plotted card objects from table.
    deselect - Pick a card with the mouse.
    disp - Display card objects.
    display - Standard output for card objects.
    plot - Plots cards on a table.
    select - Put down picked card.
    slot - Card stacking slot.
 
  Card layout.
    csize - Size of card.
    cwidth - Width of card.
    layer - Set or show card layer.
    layout - A layout manager.
    position - Set or show card position.
    snap - Snap cards to grid.

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The toolbox contain several examples in order to quickly get started.
The plot function uses the CARDPLOT utility.

Note: Refer to CARD/DISP for how to change the display format for cards on the std output.

Enjoy!

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 5.2 (R10)

[Jort Gemmeke]

Thanks for the nice toolbox.

I have one bugfix: if you delete() a card twice, delete crashes with an error. The fix is to include a test in delete.m:

if ~isempty(c(i).h)

around the "if any..." conditional.

[Jorge Pastor Trapero]

 

[Ahmed Bajaberd]

 

[CAL BOGGESS]