Question

I’m new to programming and I have some issue with my code:
I’m not really sure how that thing is called so it’s hard to google it;
But I think human being will understand what I mean:

The while loop is increased by i++ each time. In the commented line I want to express

When
i = 1 , player1.cards[j] = random;
i = 2 , player2.cards[j] = random;

void cardScramble()
{
  int random;
  int i = 1;
  while (i <= 4)
  {
    cout << "Card of Player " << i << " : ";
    int j = 0;
    while (j < 13)
    {
      random = rand() % 52;
      if (cards[random] == NULL)
      {
        cards[random] = i;
        cout << cardName(random) << " , ";
        /*   player(i).cards[j] = random; */
        /* That's what I'm doubt with */
        j++;
      }
    }

    cout << endl;
    i++;
  }
  return;
}

I tried to define it or manipulate it as a string but didn’t work.
Anyone can help me on this? Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

You cannot do it the way you are thinking of. Instead, combine player1 and player2 (and any other players) into an array. For example:

Player_Type player[2]; // alternatively std::array<Player_Type,2> player;

Then you can refer to each player using i like this:

player[i].cards[j] = random;

Or, if you want to start i at 1, then just subtract 1 from it:

player[i-1].cards[j] = random;