War card game
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War Card Game
Simulate the card game War. Use the Bicycle playing card manufacturer's rules. Show a game as played. User input is optional.
References:
- Bicycle card company: War game site
- Wikipedia: War (card game)
Related tasks:
11l[edit]
UInt32 seed = 0
F nonrandom(n)
:seed = (1664525 * :seed + 1013904223) [&] FFFF'FFFF
R Int(:seed >> 16) % n
F nonrandom_shuffle(&x)
L(i) (x.len - 1 .< 0).step(-1)
V j = nonrandom(i + 1)
swap(&x[i], &x[j])
V SUITS = [‘♣’, ‘♦’, ‘♥’, ‘♠’]
V FACES = [‘2’, ‘3’, ‘4’, ‘5’, ‘6’, ‘7’, ‘8’, ‘9’, ‘10’, ‘J’, ‘Q’, ‘K’, ‘A’]
V DECK = multiloop(FACES, SUITS, (f, s) -> f‘’s)
V CARD_TO_RANK = Dict((0 .< DECK.len).map(i -> (:DECK[i], (i + 3) I/ 4)))
T WarCardGame
[String] deck1, deck2, pending
F ()
V deck = copy(:DECK)
nonrandom_shuffle(&deck)
.deck1 = deck[0.<26]
.deck2 = deck[26..]
F gameover()
‘ game over who won message ’
I .deck2.empty
I .deck1.empty
print("\nGame ends as a tie.")
E
print("\nPlayer 1 wins the game.")
E
print("\nPlayer 2 wins the game.")
R 0B
F turn()
‘ one turn, may recurse on tie ’
I .deck1.empty | .deck2.empty
R .gameover()
V card1 = .deck1.pop(0)
V card2 = .deck2.pop(0)
V (rank1, rank2) = (:CARD_TO_RANK[card1], :CARD_TO_RANK[card2])
print(‘#<10#<10’.format(card1, card2), end' ‘’)
I rank1 > rank2
print(‘Player 1 takes the cards.’)
.deck1.extend([card1, card2])
.deck1.extend(.pending)
.pending.clear()
E I rank1 < rank2
print(‘Player 2 takes the cards.’)
.deck2.extend([card2, card1])
.deck2.extend(.pending)
.pending.clear()
E
print(‘Tie!’)
I .deck1.empty | .deck2.empty
R .gameover()
V card3 = .deck1.pop(0)
V card4 = .deck2.pop(0)
.pending.extend([card1, card2, card3, card4])
print(‘#<10#<10’.format(‘?’, ‘?’)‘Cards are face down.’)
R .turn()
R 1B
V WG = WarCardGame()
L WG.turn()
L.continue- Output:
7♦ 10♦ Player 2 takes the cards. 10♥ K♥ Player 2 takes the cards. 7♥ 6♣ Player 1 takes the cards. 8♦ 5♥ Player 1 takes the cards. 4♥ 3♥ Player 1 takes the cards. A♣ 9♣ Player 1 takes the cards. 6♠ 4♦ Player 1 takes the cards. K♣ 3♠ Player 1 takes the cards. A♠ 7♣ Player 1 takes the cards. 10♠ J♥ Player 2 takes the cards. J♦ Q♣ Tie! ? ? Cards are face down. 6♦ Q♠ Player 2 takes the cards. ... 5♠ 4♦ Player 1 takes the cards. Q♣ K♥ Player 2 takes the cards. 10♣ 9♠ Tie! ? ? Cards are face down. 8♥ 10♥ Player 2 takes the cards. 8♣ J♣ Player 2 takes the cards. 5♦ 5♣ Player 1 takes the cards. 5♠ 3♥ Player 1 takes the cards. 4♦ 3♣ Player 1 takes the cards. 5♦ 7♦ Player 2 takes the cards. 5♣ 7♥ Player 2 takes the cards. 5♠ 6♥ Player 2 takes the cards. 3♥ A♥ Player 2 takes the cards. 4♦ 8♠ Player 2 takes the cards. 3♣ 4♠ Player 2 takes the cards. Player 2 wins the game.
AutoHotkey[edit]
suits := ["♠", "♦", "♥", "♣"]
faces := [2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,"J","Q","K","A"]
deck := [], p1 := [], p2 := []
for i, s in suits
for j, v in faces
deck.Push(v s)
deck := shuffle(deck)
deal := deal(deck, p1, p2)
p1 := deal.1, p2 := deal.2
for i, v in p2
{
if InStr(v, "A")
p2[i] := p1[i], p1[i] := v
if InStr(v, "K")
p2[i] := p1[i], p1[i] := v
if InStr(v, "Q")
p2[i] := p1[i], p1[i] := v
if InStr(v, "J")
p2[i] := p1[i], p1[i] := v
}
MsgBox % war(p1, p2)
return
war(p1, p2){
J:=11, Q:=11, K:=11, A:=12, stack := [], cntr := 0
output := "------------------------------------------"
. "`nRound# Deal Winner P1 P1"
. "`n------------------------------------------"
. "`nround0 26 26"
while (p1.Count() && p2.Count()) {
cntr++
stack.Push(c1:=p1.RemoveAt(1)), stack.Push(c2:=p2.RemoveAt(1))
r1:=SubStr(c1,1,-1) ,r2:=SubStr(c2,1,-1)
v1:=r1<11?r1:%r1% ,v2:=r2<11?r2:%r2%
output .= "`nround# " cntr "`t" SubStr(c1 " n", 1, 4) "vs " SubStr(c2 " ", 1, 4)
if (v1 > v2){
loop % stack.Count()
p1.Push(stack.RemoveAt(1))
output .= "`t`tP1 wins"
}
else if (v1 < v2){
loop % stack.Count()
p2.Push(stack.RemoveAt(1))
output .= "`t`tP2 wins"
}
if (v1 = v2){
output .= "`t`t**WAR**`t" P1.Count() "`t" P2.Count()
stack.Push(c1:=p1.RemoveAt(1)), stack.Push(c2:=p2.RemoveAt(1))
if !(p1.Count() && p2.Count())
break
output .= "`nround# " ++cntr "`t(" SubStr(c1 " ", 1, 3) ") - (" SubStr(c2 " ", 1, 3) ")"
output .= "`tFace Dn"
}
output .= "`t" P1.Count() "`t" P2.Count()
if !Mod(cntr, 20)
{
MsgBox % output
output := ""
}
}
output .= "`n" (P1.Count() ? "P1 Wins" : "P2 Wins")
output := StrReplace(output, " )", ") ")
output := StrReplace(output, " -", " -")
return output
- Output:
------------------------------------------ Round# Deal Winner P1 P1 ------------------------------------------ round0 26 26 round# 1 J♣ vs 3♠ P1 wins 27 25 round# 2 3♣ vs 10♦ P2 wins 26 26 round# 3 Q♣ vs 8♠ P1 wins 27 25 round# 4 A♦ vs 7♠ P1 wins 28 24 round# 5 J♥ vs 3♦ P1 wins 29 23 round# 6 8♦ vs 4♦ P1 wins 30 22 round# 7 4♥ vs 6♦ P2 wins 29 23 round# 8 7♥ vs 4♠ P1 wins 30 22 round# 9 A♠ vs 7♣ P1 wins 31 21 round# 10 K♣ vs 10♠ P1 wins 32 20 round# 11 4♣ vs 8♥ P2 wins 31 21 round# 12 6♠ vs 6♥ **WAR** 30 20 round# 13 (A♥) - (9♠) Face Dn 29 19 round# 14 5♣ vs 2♥ P1 wins 34 18 round# 15 A♣ vs 8♣ P1 wins 35 17 round# 16 J♦ vs 6♣ P1 wins 36 16 round# 17 Q♥ vs 9♣ P1 wins 37 15 round# 18 10♥ vs 5♠ P1 wins 38 14 round# 19 K♥ vs K♠ **WAR** 37 13 round# 20 (Q♠) - (9♥) Face Dn 36 12 round# 21 K♦ vs 3♥ P1 wins 41 11 round# 22 J♠ vs 2♦ P1 wins 42 10 round# 23 5♥ vs 5♦ **WAR** 41 9 round# 24 (2♣) - (7♦) Face Dn 40 8 round# 25 Q♦ vs 10♣ P1 wins 45 7 round# 26 9♦ vs 2♠ P1 wins 46 6 round# 27 J♣ vs 3♣ P1 wins 47 5 round# 28 3♠ vs 10♦ P2 wins 46 6 round# 29 Q♣ vs 4♥ P1 wins 47 5 round# 30 8♠ vs 6♦ P1 wins 48 4 round# 31 A♦ vs 4♣ P1 wins 49 3 round# 32 7♠ vs 8♥ P2 wins 48 4 round# 33 J♥ vs 3♠ P1 wins 49 3 round# 34 3♦ vs 10♦ P2 wins 48 4 round# 35 8♦ vs 7♠ P1 wins 49 3 round# 36 4♦ vs 8♥ P2 wins 48 4 round# 37 7♥ vs 3♦ P1 wins 49 3 round# 38 4♠ vs 10♦ P2 wins 48 4 round# 39 A♠ vs 4♦ P1 wins 49 3 round# 40 7♣ vs 8♥ P2 wins 48 4 round# 41 K♣ vs 4♠ P1 wins 49 3 round# 42 10♠ vs 10♦ **WAR** 48 2 round# 43 (6♠) - (7♣) Face Dn 47 1 round# 44 6♥ vs 8♥ P2 wins 46 6 round# 45 A♥ vs 10♠ P1 wins 47 5 round# 46 9♠ vs 10♦ P2 wins 46 6 round# 47 5♣ vs 6♠ P2 wins 45 7 round# 48 2♥ vs 7♣ P2 wins 44 8 round# 49 A♣ vs 6♥ P1 wins 45 7 round# 50 8♣ vs 8♥ **WAR** 44 6 round# 51 (J♦) - (9♠) Face Dn 43 5 round# 52 6♣ vs 10♦ P2 wins 42 10 round# 53 Q♥ vs 5♣ P1 wins 43 9 round# 54 9♣ vs 6♠ P1 wins 44 8 round# 55 10♥ vs 2♥ P1 wins 45 7 round# 56 5♠ vs 7♣ P2 wins 44 8 round# 57 K♥ vs 8♣ P1 wins 45 7 round# 58 K♠ vs 8♥ P1 wins 46 6 round# 59 Q♠ vs J♦ **WAR** 45 5 round# 60 (9♥) - (9♠) Face Dn 44 4 round# 61 K♦ vs 6♣ P1 wins 49 3 round# 62 3♥ vs 10♦ P2 wins 48 4 round# 63 J♠ vs 5♠ P1 wins 49 3 round# 64 2♦ vs 7♣ P2 wins 48 4 round# 65 5♥ vs 3♥ P1 wins 49 3 round# 66 5♦ vs 10♦ P2 wins 48 4 round# 67 2♣ vs 2♦ **WAR** 47 3 round# 68 (7♦) - (7♣) Face Dn 46 2 round# 69 Q♦ vs 5♦ P1 wins 51 1 round# 70 10♣ vs 10♦ **WAR** 50 0 P1 Wins
C++[edit]
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
class war_game {
public:
war_game() {
for ( char suit : SUITS ) {
for ( char pip : PIPS ) {
deck.emplace_back(card(suit, pip));
}
}
std::random_shuffle(deck.begin(), deck.end());
handA = { deck.begin(), deck.begin() + 26 };
handB = { deck.begin() + 26, deck.end() };
}
void next_turn() {
card cardA = handA.front(); handA.erase(handA.begin());
card cardB = handB.front(); handB.erase(handB.begin());
tabledCards.emplace_back(cardA);
tabledCards.emplace_back(cardB);
int32_t rankA = getRank(cardA.pip);
int32_t rankB = getRank(cardB.pip);
std::cout << cardA.pip << cardA.suit << " " << cardB.pip << cardB.suit << std::endl;
if ( rankA > rankB ) {
std::cout << " Player A takes the cards" << std::endl;
std::random_shuffle(tabledCards.begin(), tabledCards.end());
handA.insert(handA.end(), tabledCards.begin(), tabledCards.end());
tabledCards.clear();
} else if ( rankA < rankB ) {
std::cout << " Player B takes the cards" << std::endl;
std::random_shuffle(tabledCards.begin(), tabledCards.end());
handB.insert(handB.end(), tabledCards.begin(), tabledCards.end());;
tabledCards.clear();
} else {
std::cout << " War!" << std::endl;
if ( game_over() ) {
return;
}
card cardAA = handA.front(); handA.erase(handA.begin());
card cardBB = handB.front(); handB.erase(handB.begin());
tabledCards.emplace_back(cardAA);
tabledCards.emplace_back(cardBB);
std::cout << "? ? Cards are face down" << std::endl;
if ( game_over() ) {
return;
}
next_turn();
}
}
bool game_over() {
return handA.size() == 0 || handB.size() == 0;
}
void declare_winner() {
if ( handA.size() == 0 && handB.size() == 0 ) {
std::cout << "The game ended in a tie" << std::endl;
} else if ( handA.size() == 0 ) {
std::cout << "Player B has won the game" << std::endl;
} else {
std::cout << "Player A has won the game" << std::endl;
}
}
private:
class card {
public:
card(const char suit, const char pip) : suit(suit), pip(pip) {};
char suit, pip;
};
int32_t getRank(char ch) {
auto it = find(PIPS.begin(), PIPS.end(), ch);
if ( it != PIPS.end() ) {
return it - PIPS.begin();
}
return -1;
}
std::vector<card> deck, handA, handB, tabledCards;
inline static const std::vector<char> PIPS = { '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'T', 'J', 'Q', 'K', 'A' };
inline static const std::vector<char> SUITS = { 'C', 'D', 'H', 'S' };
};
int main() {
war_game wargame;
while ( ! wargame.game_over() ) {
wargame.next_turn();
}
wargame.declare_winner();
}
- Output:
JD 9D
Player A takes the cards
TH 7S
Player A takes the cards
6H QC
Player B takes the cards
9C 9H
War!
? ? Cards are face down
AC 3C
Player A takes the cards
... many lines elided
3D 6C
Player B takes the cards
6D 4D
Player A takes the cards
JD 2C
Player A takes the cards
3C 3D
War!
? ? Cards are face down
Player A has won the game
Go[edit]
package main
import (
"fmt"
"math/rand"
"time"
)
var suits = []string{"♣", "♦", "♥", "♠"}
var faces = []string{"2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "T", "J", "Q", "K", "A"}
var cards = make([]string, 52)
var ranks = make([]int, 52)
func init() {
for i := 0; i < 52; i++ {
cards[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", faces[i%13], suits[i/13])
ranks[i] = i % 13
}
}
func war() {
deck := make([]int, 52)
for i := 0; i < 52; i++ {
deck[i] = i
}
rand.Shuffle(52, func(i, j int) {
deck[i], deck[j] = deck[j], deck[i]
})
hand1 := make([]int, 26, 52)
hand2 := make([]int, 26, 52)
for i := 0; i < 26; i++ {
hand1[25-i] = deck[2*i]
hand2[25-i] = deck[2*i+1]
}
for len(hand1) > 0 && len(hand2) > 0 {
card1 := hand1[0]
copy(hand1[0:], hand1[1:])
hand1[len(hand1)-1] = 0
hand1 = hand1[0 : len(hand1)-1]
card2 := hand2[0]
copy(hand2[0:], hand2[1:])
hand2[len(hand2)-1] = 0
hand2 = hand2[0 : len(hand2)-1]
played1 := []int{card1}
played2 := []int{card2}
numPlayed := 2
for {
fmt.Printf("%s\t%s\t", cards[card1], cards[card2])
if ranks[card1] > ranks[card2] {
hand1 = append(hand1, played1...)
hand1 = append(hand1, played2...)
fmt.Printf("Player 1 takes the %d cards. Now has %d.\n", numPlayed, len(hand1))
break
} else if ranks[card1] < ranks[card2] {
hand2 = append(hand2, played2...)
hand2 = append(hand2, played1...)
fmt.Printf("Player 2 takes the %d cards. Now has %d.\n", numPlayed, len(hand2))
break
} else {
fmt.Println("War!")
if len(hand1) < 2 {
fmt.Println("Player 1 has insufficient cards left.")
hand2 = append(hand2, played2...)
hand2 = append(hand2, played1...)
hand2 = append(hand2, hand1...)
hand1 = hand1[0:0]
break
}
if len(hand2) < 2 {
fmt.Println("Player 2 has insufficient cards left.")
hand1 = append(hand1, played1...)
hand1 = append(hand1, played2...)
hand1 = append(hand1, hand2...)
hand2 = hand2[0:0]
break
}
fdCard1 := hand1[0] // face down card
card1 = hand1[1] // face up card
copy(hand1[0:], hand1[2:])
hand1[len(hand1)-1] = 0
hand1[len(hand1)-2] = 0
hand1 = hand1[0 : len(hand1)-2]
played1 = append(played1, fdCard1, card1)
fdCard2 := hand2[0] // face down card
card2 = hand2[1] // face up card
copy(hand2[0:], hand2[2:])
hand2[len(hand2)-1] = 0
hand2[len(hand2)-2] = 0
hand2 = hand2[0 : len(hand2)-2]
played2 = append(played2, fdCard2, card2)
numPlayed += 4
fmt.Println("? \t? \tFace down cards.")
}
}
}
if len(hand1) == 52 {
fmt.Println("Player 1 wins the game!")
} else {
fmt.Println("Player 2 wins the game!")
}
}
func main() {
rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
war()
}
- Output:
Sample game (abridged):
9♠ Q♣ Player 2 takes the 2 cards. Now has 27. 7♠ 6♠ Player 1 takes the 2 cards. Now has 26. 3♠ 2♣ Player 1 takes the 2 cards. Now has 27. A♠ 2♦ Player 1 takes the 2 cards. Now has 28. K♠ Q♥ Player 1 takes the 2 cards. Now has 29. 6♥ 7♦ Player 2 takes the 2 cards. Now has 24. 2♥ T♣ Player 2 takes the 2 cards. Now has 25. 3♦ 4♠ Player 2 takes the 2 cards. Now has 26. Q♦ K♣ Player 2 takes the 2 cards. Now has 27. 7♥ 5♠ Player 1 takes the 2 cards. Now has 26. T♠ K♥ Player 2 takes the 2 cards. Now has 27. A♦ 9♣ Player 1 takes the 2 cards. Now has 26. 5♦ 5♥ War! ? ? Face down cards. 5♣ 2♠ Player 1 takes the 6 cards. Now has 29. ...... 6♣ 3♣ Player 1 takes the 2 cards. Now has 50. 3♥ T♥ Player 2 takes the 2 cards. Now has 3. K♥ 8♠ Player 1 takes the 2 cards. Now has 50. Q♣ T♥ Player 1 takes the 2 cards. Now has 51. 3♦ 3♥ War! Player 2 has insufficient cards left. Player 1 wins the game!
J[edit]
Implementation:DECK=: '2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 J K Q A' (,' of ',])&.>/&cut '♣ ♦ ♥ ♠'
rank=: DECK {{ {."1 ($m)#:(,m) i. y }}
shuffle=: {~ ?~@#
deal=: _26 ]\ shuffle@,@DECK
cardwar=: {{
TURNS=: 0
'P1 P2'=: <each deal''
while. 0<P1 *&# P2 do. turn TURNS=: TURNS+1 end.
after=. ' after ',TURNS,&":' turn','s'#~1~:TURNS
if. #P1 do. 'Player 1 wins', after
elseif. #P2 do. 'Player 2 wins', after
else. 'Tie',after end.
}}
plays=: {{ ((m)=: }.".m)](echo n,~(m,' plays '),;'nothing'&[^:(0=#@]){.".m)]({.".m) }}
turn=: {{
c=. (b=. 'P2' plays''),(a =. 'P1' plays'')
while. a =&rank b do.
if. 0=P1 *&# P2 do. echo 'No more cards to draw' return. end.
c=. c, (a=. 'P1' plays''),(b =. 'P2' plays''), 'P1' plays' face down', 'P2' plays' face down'
end.
('P',":1+a <&rank b) takes ({~ ?~@#)c-.a:
}}
takes=: {{
(m)=: (".m),y
echo m,' takes ',;(<' and ') _2}}.,(<', '),.y
echo''
}}
cardwar''
P1 plays 6 of ♦
P2 plays 9 of ♥
P2 takes 6 of ♦ and 9 of ♥
P1 plays K of ♣
P2 plays 6 of ♣
P1 takes K of ♣ and 6 of ♣
P1 plays A of ♦
P2 plays A of ♥
P2 plays 5 of ♠ face down
P1 plays J of ♥ face down
P2 plays 2 of ♣
P1 plays J of ♦
P1 takes A of ♥, J of ♥, A of ♦, 2 of ♣, 5 of ♠ and J of ♦
P1 plays 7 of ♥
P2 plays 10 of ♣
P2 takes 10 of ♣ and 7 of ♥
(... many lines deleted ...)
P1 plays 2 of ♦
P2 plays 5 of ♥
P2 takes 2 of ♦ and 5 of ♥
P1 plays K of ♥
P2 plays 4 of ♥
P1 takes 4 of ♥ and K of ♥
P1 plays 3 of ♦
P2 plays 3 of ♣
P2 plays 2 of ♦ face down
P1 plays 6 of ♠ face down
P2 plays 5 of ♥
P1 plays K of ♠
P1 takes 6 of ♠, K of ♠, 5 of ♥, 3 of ♣, 3 of ♦ and 2 of ♦
Player 1 wins after 86 turns
Java[edit]
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
public final class WarCardGame {
public static void main(String[] args) {
WarGame warGame = new WarGame();
while ( ! warGame.gameOver() ) {
warGame.nextTurn();
}
warGame.declareWinner();
}
}
final class WarGame {
public WarGame() {
deck = new ArrayList<Card>(52);
for ( Character suit : SUITS ) {
for ( Character pip : PIPS ) {
deck.add( new Card(suit, pip) );
}
}
Collections.shuffle(deck);
handA = new ArrayList<Card>(deck.subList(0, 26));
handB = new ArrayList<Card>(deck.subList(26, 52));
tabledCards = new ArrayList<Card>();
}
public void nextTurn() {
Card cardA = handA.remove(0);
Card cardB = handB.remove(0);
tabledCards.add(cardA);
tabledCards.add(cardB);
int rankA = PIPS.indexOf(cardA.pip);
int rankB = PIPS.indexOf(cardB.pip);
System.out.print(cardA + " " + cardB);
if ( rankA > rankB ) {
System.out.println(" Player A takes the cards");
Collections.shuffle(tabledCards);
handA.addAll(tabledCards);
tabledCards.clear();
} else if ( rankA < rankB ) {
System.out.println(" Player B takes the cards");
Collections.shuffle(tabledCards);
handB.addAll(tabledCards);
tabledCards.clear();
} else {
System.out.println(" War!");
if ( gameOver() ) {
return;
}
Card cardAA = handA.remove(0);
Card cardBB = handB.remove(0);
tabledCards.add(cardAA);
tabledCards.add(cardBB);
System.out.println("? ? Cards are face down");
if ( gameOver() ) {
return;
}
nextTurn();
}
}
public boolean gameOver() {
return handA.size() == 0 || handB.size() == 0;
}
public void declareWinner() {
if ( handA.size() == 0 && handB.size() == 0 ) {
System.out.println("The game ended in a tie");
} else if ( handA.size() == 0 ) {
System.out.println("Player B has won the game");
} else {
System.out.println("Player A has won the game");
}
}
private record Card(Character suit, Character pip) {
@Override
public String toString() {
return "" + pip + suit;
}
}
private List<Card> deck, handA, handB, tabledCards;
private static final List<Character> PIPS =
Arrays.asList( '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'T', 'J', 'Q', 'K', 'A' );
private static final List<Character> SUITS = List.of( 'C', 'D', 'H', 'S' );
}
- Output:
5H 7D Player B takes the cards
QS 4C Player A takes the cards
KS 4H Player A takes the cards
7S 7C War!
? ? Cards are face down
2D 4D Player B takes the cards
3H JC Player B takes the cards
JD AH Player B takes the cards
8C 5S Player A takes the cards
TH KH Player B takes the cards
9C QD Player B takes the cards
3C QH Player B takes the cards
JH 9H Player A takes the cards
7H KC Player B takes the cards
9D 2C Player A takes the cards
AS AD War!
? ? Cards are face down
5C QC Player B takes the cards
2S 9S Player B takes the cards
8D KD Player B takes the cards
... many lines elided
7S 9D Player B takes the cards
9H 2S Player A takes the cards
8D KS Player B takes the cards
AH AC War!
? ? Cards are face down
2S 2H War!
Player B has won the game
Julia[edit]
# https://bicyclecards.com/how-to-play/war/
using Random
const SUITS = ["♣", "♦", "♥", "♠"]
const FACES = ["2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "J", "Q", "K", "A" ]
const DECK = vec([f * s for s in SUITS, f in FACES])
const rdict = Dict(DECK[i] => div(i + 3, 4) for i in eachindex(DECK))
deal2(deck) = begin d = shuffle(deck); d[1:2:51], d[2:2:52] end
function turn!(d1, d2, pending)
(isempty(d1) || isempty(d2)) && return false
c1, c2 = popfirst!(d1), popfirst!(d2)
r1, r2 = rdict[c1], rdict[c2]
print(rpad(c1, 10), rpad(c2, 10))
if r1 > r2
println("Player 1 takes the cards.")
push!(d1, c1, c2, pending...)
empty!(pending)
elseif r1 < r2
println("Player 2 takes the cards.")
push!(d2, c2, c1, pending...)
empty!(pending)
else # r1 == r2
println("Tie!")
(isempty(d1) || isempty(d2)) && return false
c3, c4 = popfirst!(d1), popfirst!(d2)
println(rpad("?", 10), rpad("?", 10), "Cards are face down.")
return turn!(d1, d2, push!(pending, c1, c2, c3, c4))
end
return true
end
function warcardgame()
deck1, deck2 = deal2(DECK)
while turn!(deck1, deck2, []) end
if isempty(deck2)
if isempty(deck1)
println("Game ends as a tie.")
else
println("Player 1 wins the game.")
end
else
println("Player 2 wins the game.")
end
end
warcardgame()
- Output:
5♦ 3♥ Player 1 takes the cards. 8♥ K♥ Player 2 takes the cards. 5♠ K♦ Player 2 takes the cards. 3♦ 6♥ Player 2 takes the cards. 9♣ J♠ Player 2 takes the cards. 8♦ 2♦ Player 1 takes the cards. J♣ 5♥ Player 1 takes the cards. 3♠ 4♥ Player 2 takes the cards. 9♥ A♣ Player 2 takes the cards. 9♠ 9♦ Tie! ? ? Cards are face down. A♠ 4♦ Player 1 takes the cards. 5♣ Q♠ Player 2 takes the cards. 6♦ 8♠ Player 2 takes the cards. 4♣ 10♦ Player 2 takes the cards. 4♠ 2♥ Player 1 takes the cards. Q♦ K♣ Player 2 takes the cards. A♥ 2♣ Player 1 takes the cards. Q♣ 2♠ Player 1 takes the cards. 10♥ 6♣ Player 1 takes the cards. ... many other lines ... 10♥ Q♣ Player 2 takes the cards. 4♣ 5♦ Player 2 takes the cards. A♣ 8♦ Player 1 takes the cards. 9♣ 2♣ Player 1 takes the cards. Q♥ Q♣ Tie! ? ? Cards are face down. Q♠ 5♦ Player 1 takes the cards. 8♥ 4♣ Player 1 takes the cards. Player 1 wins the game.
Lua[edit]
-- main.lua
function newGame ()
-- new deck
local deck = {}
for iSuit = 1, #CardSuits do
for iRank = 1, #CardRanks do
local card = {
iSuit = iSuit,
iRank = iRank,
suit = CardSuits[iSuit],
rank = iRank,
name = CardRanks[iRank] .. CardSuits[iSuit]
}
local i = math.random (#deck + 1)
table.insert (deck, i, card)
end
end
-- new deal
Players = {
{index = 1, cards = {}},
{index = 2, cards = {}},
}
for i = 1, #deck/#Players do
for iPlayer = 1, #Players do
table.insert (Players[iPlayer].cards, table.remove(deck))
end
end
WarCards = {}
Turn = 1
Statistics = {}
end
function getHigherCard (cardA, cardB)
if cardA.rank > cardB.rank then
return cardA, 1
elseif cardA.rank < cardB.rank then
return cardB, 2
else
return nil
end
end
function love.load()
-- there is no card suits in the standard font
CardSuits = {"@", "#", "$", "%"}
CardRanks = {"2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "V", "Q", "K", "A"}
newGame ()
end
function love.draw()
for iPlayer = 1, #Players do
local player = Players[iPlayer]
love.graphics.print ('Player '..player.index, 50*(iPlayer-1), 0)
for iCard, card in ipairs (player.cards) do
love.graphics.print (card.name, 50*(iPlayer-1), 14*iCard)
end
end
for i = 1, math.min(40, #Statistics) do
local str = Statistics[i]
love.graphics.print (str, 150, 20+(i-1)*14)
end
end
function makeTurn ()
local card1 = table.remove (Players[1].cards)
local card2 = table.remove (Players[2].cards)
if card1 and card2 then
table.insert (WarCards, 1, card1)
table.insert (WarCards, math.random (1, 2), card2)
local winCard, index = getHigherCard (card1, card2)
if winCard then
table.insert (Statistics, 1, Turn .. ' Player ' .. index .. ' get ' .. #WarCards .. ' cards: ' .. card1.name .. ' vs ' .. card2.name)
for iCard = #WarCards, 1, -1 do
table.insert (Players[index].cards, 1, table.remove (WarCards))
end
elseif (#Players[1].cards > 0) and (#Players[2].cards > 0) then
-- start war
table.insert (Statistics, 1, Turn .. ' War: ' .. card1.name .. ' vs ' .. card2.name)
table.insert (WarCards, table.remove (Players[1].cards))
table.insert (WarCards, table.remove (Players[2].cards))
else
local index = 2
if #Players[1].cards == 0 then index = 1 end
table.insert (Statistics, 1, Turn .. ' Player ' .. index .. ' has no cards for this war.')
-- GameOver = true
end
Turn = Turn + 1
elseif GameOver then
GameOver = false
newGame ()
else
local index = 2
if #Players[1].cards > #Players[2].cards then index = 1 end
table.insert (Statistics, 1, Turn .. ' Player ' .. index .. ' wins the game!')
GameOver = true
end
end
function love.keypressed(key, scancode, isrepeat)
if false then
elseif key == "space" then
makeTurn ()
elseif scancode == "n" then
GameOver = false
newGame ()
elseif scancode == "q" then
local lastTurn = Turn
while not (GameOver or (Turn > lastTurn + 10000-1)) do
makeTurn ()
end
elseif key == "escape" then
love.event.quit()
end
if #Statistics > 40 then
local i = #Statistics, 40, -1 do
table.remove (Statistics, i)
end
end
end
function love.mousepressed( x, y, button, istouch, presses )
if button == 1 then -- left mouse button
makeTurn ()
elseif button == 2 then -- right mouse button
end
end
Nim[edit]
We use module "playing_cards" from task https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Playing_cards.
import strformat
import playing_cards
const
None = -1
Player1 = 0
Player2 = 1
type Player = range[None..Player2]
const PlayerNames: array[Player1..Player2, string] = ["Player 1", "Player 2"]
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
proc `<`(a, b: Card): bool =
## Compare two cards by their rank, Ace being the greatest.
if a.rank == Ace: false
elif b.rank == Ace: true
else: a.rank < b.rank
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
proc displayRound(round: int; hands: openArray[Hand]; card1, card2: string; text: string) =
## Display text for a round.
stdout.write &"Round {round:<4} "
stdout.write &"Cards: {hands[Player1].len:>2}/{hands[Player2].len:<2} "
stdout.write &"{card1:>3} {card2:>3} "
echo text
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
proc outOfCards(player: Player) =
## Display a message when a player has run out of cards.
echo &"{PlayerNames[player]} has run out of cards."
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
proc doRound(hands: var openArray[Hand]; num: Positive) =
## Execute a round.
var stack1, stack2: seq[Card]
var winner: Player = None
while winner == None:
let card1 = hands[Player1].draw()
let card2 = hands[Player2].draw()
stack1.add card1
stack2.add card2
if card1.rank != card2.rank:
winner = if card1 < card2: Player2 else: Player1
displayRound(num, hands, $card1, $card2, &"{PlayerNames[winner]} takes the cards.")
else:
# There is a war.
displayRound(num, hands, $card1, $card2, "This is a war.")
if hands[Player1].len == 0:
winner = Player2
elif hands[Player2].len == 0:
winner = Player1
else:
# Add a hidden card on stacks.
stack1.add hands[Player1].draw()
stack2.add hands[Player2].draw()
displayRound(num, hands, " ?", " ?", "Cards are face down.")
# Check if each player has enough cards to continue the war.
if hands[Player1].len == 0:
Player1.outOfCards()
winner = Player2
elif hands[Player2].len == 0:
Player2.outOfCards()
winner = Player1
# Update hands.
var stack = stack1 & stack2
stack.shuffle()
hands[winner] = stack & hands[winner]
#———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
var deck = initDeck()
deck.shuffle()
var hands = deck.deal(2, 26)
var num = 0
while true:
inc num
hands.doRound(num)
if hands[Player1].len == 0:
echo "Player 2 wins this game."
break
if hands[Player2].len == 0:
echo "Player 1 wins this game."
break
- Output:
Example of a short game.
Round 1 Cards: 25/25 10♣ 5♠ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 2 Cards: 26/24 3♦ 7♦ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 3 Cards: 25/25 10♦ 10♥ This is a war. Round 3 Cards: 24/24 ? ? Cards are face down. Round 3 Cards: 23/23 A♦ 4♥ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 4 Cards: 28/22 4♠ J♦ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 5 Cards: 27/23 9♠ Q♣ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 6 Cards: 26/24 A♣ 2♦ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 7 Cards: 27/23 Q♦ 3♠ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 8 Cards: 28/22 5♥ 3♥ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 9 Cards: 29/21 2♥ 2♠ This is a war. Round 9 Cards: 28/20 ? ? Cards are face down. Round 9 Cards: 27/19 4♦ 10♠ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 10 Cards: 26/24 K♠ 6♣ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 11 Cards: 27/23 8♥ 7♣ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 12 Cards: 28/22 4♣ 5♦ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 13 Cards: 27/23 8♣ 8♦ This is a war. Round 13 Cards: 26/22 ? ? Cards are face down. Round 13 Cards: 25/21 9♦ 6♠ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 14 Cards: 30/20 K♥ 9♥ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 15 Cards: 31/19 J♠ 7♥ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 16 Cards: 32/18 J♣ K♦ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 17 Cards: 31/19 2♣ 3♣ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 18 Cards: 30/20 A♥ 6♥ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 19 Cards: 31/19 A♠ 6♦ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 20 Cards: 32/18 8♠ 5♣ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 21 Cards: 33/17 10♣ 7♦ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 22 Cards: 34/16 5♠ 3♦ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 23 Cards: 35/15 Q♥ 4♠ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 24 Cards: 36/14 10♦ J♦ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 25 Cards: 35/15 Q♠ 9♠ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 26 Cards: 36/14 A♦ Q♣ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 27 Cards: 37/13 4♥ 4♦ This is a war. Round 27 Cards: 36/12 ? ? Cards are face down. Round 27 Cards: 35/11 2♦ 10♠ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 28 Cards: 34/16 A♣ 2♠ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 29 Cards: 35/15 Q♦ 7♠ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 30 Cards: 36/14 3♠ 2♥ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 31 Cards: 37/13 5♥ 5♦ This is a war. Round 31 Cards: 36/12 ? ? Cards are face down. Round 31 Cards: 35/11 6♣ J♣ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 32 Cards: 34/16 K♠ K♦ This is a war. Round 32 Cards: 33/15 ? ? Cards are face down. Round 32 Cards: 32/14 7♣ 2♣ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 33 Cards: 37/13 K♣ J♦ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 34 Cards: 38/12 6♠ 10♦ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 35 Cards: 37/13 J♥ 10♥ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 36 Cards: 38/12 8♣ 2♦ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 37 Cards: 39/11 9♦ 9♣ This is a war. Round 37 Cards: 38/10 ? ? Cards are face down. Round 37 Cards: 37/9 9♥ 10♠ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 38 Cards: 36/14 K♥ 4♦ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 39 Cards: 37/13 7♥ 6♣ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 40 Cards: 38/12 J♠ 5♥ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 41 Cards: 39/11 A♥ 4♣ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 42 Cards: 40/10 6♥ J♣ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 43 Cards: 39/11 A♠ 3♥ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 44 Cards: 40/10 6♦ 5♦ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 45 Cards: 41/9 8♠ 10♦ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 46 Cards: 40/10 5♣ 6♠ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 47 Cards: 39/11 7♦ 8♦ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 48 Cards: 38/12 10♣ 9♦ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 49 Cards: 39/11 3♦ 10♠ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 50 Cards: 38/12 5♠ 4♥ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 51 Cards: 39/11 4♠ 9♥ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 52 Cards: 38/12 Q♥ 9♣ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 53 Cards: 39/11 Q♠ 6♥ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 54 Cards: 40/10 9♠ J♣ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 55 Cards: 39/11 Q♣ 8♠ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 56 Cards: 40/10 A♦ 10♦ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 57 Cards: 41/9 A♣ 5♣ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 58 Cards: 42/8 2♠ 6♠ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 59 Cards: 41/9 Q♦ 7♦ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 60 Cards: 42/8 7♠ 8♦ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 61 Cards: 41/9 3♠ 3♦ This is a war. Round 61 Cards: 40/8 ? ? Cards are face down. Round 61 Cards: 39/7 7♣ 9♥ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 62 Cards: 38/12 8♥ 4♠ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 63 Cards: 39/11 K♦ 9♠ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 64 Cards: 40/10 2♣ J♣ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 65 Cards: 39/11 3♣ 2♠ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 66 Cards: 40/10 K♠ 6♠ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 67 Cards: 41/9 J♦ 7♠ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 68 Cards: 42/8 K♣ 8♦ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 69 Cards: 43/7 10♥ 10♠ This is a war. Round 69 Cards: 42/6 ? ? Cards are face down. Round 69 Cards: 41/5 8♣ 2♥ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 70 Cards: 46/4 2♦ 9♥ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 71 Cards: 45/5 K♥ 3♠ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 72 Cards: 46/4 4♦ 7♣ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 73 Cards: 45/5 7♥ 2♣ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 74 Cards: 46/4 6♣ J♣ Player 2 takes the cards. Round 75 Cards: 45/5 5♥ 2♦ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 76 Cards: 46/4 J♠ 9♥ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 77 Cards: 47/3 A♥ 7♣ Player 1 takes the cards. Round 78 Cards: 48/2 4♣ 4♦ This is a war. Round 78 Cards: 47/1 ? ? Cards are face down. Round 78 Cards: 46/0 A♠ J♣ Player 1 takes the cards. Player 1 wins this game.
Perl[edit]
There are two players, 'one' and 'two'. This shows each players hand as the game progresses.
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict; # https://rosettacode.org/wiki/War_Card_Game
use warnings;
use List::Util qw( shuffle );
my %rank;
@rank{ 2 .. 9, qw(t j q k a) } = 1 .. 13; # for winner
local $_ = join '', shuffle
map { my $f = $_; map $f.$_, qw( S H C D ) } 2 .. 9, qw( a t j q k );
substr $_, 52, 0, "\n"; # split deck into two parts
my $war = '';
my $cnt = 0;
$cnt++ while print( /(.*)\n(.*)/ && "one: $1\ntwo: $2\n\n" ),
s/^((.).)(.*)\n((?!\2)(.).)(.*)$/ my $win = $war; $war = ''; # capture
$rank{$2} > $rank{$5} ? "$3$1$4$win\n$6" : "$3\n$6$4$1$win" /e
||
s/^(.{4})(.*)\n(.{4})(.*)$/ print "WAR!!!\n\n"; $war .= "$1$3";
"$2\n$4" /e; # tie means war
print "player '", /^.{10}/ ? 'one' : 'two', "' wins in $cnt moves\n";
- Output:
one: 8CqCaD5H6S2HjC9S7HjH8S4DqD5C6DkC4H9D3DqHtC7C8DtS6C4S two: 5S8HaCaH2C6H3HaS7DjD3S2D5D9CkSkH9H4C2StDtHjSkD7SqS3C one: qCaD5H6S2HjC9S7HjH8S4DqD5C6DkC4H9D3DqHtC7C8DtS6C4S8C5S two: 8HaCaH2C6H3HaS7DjD3S2D5D9CkSkH9H4C2StDtHjSkD7SqS3C one: aD5H6S2HjC9S7HjH8S4DqD5C6DkC4H9D3DqHtC7C8DtS6C4S8C5SqC8H two: aCaH2C6H3HaS7DjD3S2D5D9CkSkH9H4C2StDtHjSkD7SqS3C WAR!!! one: 6S2HjC9S7HjH8S4DqD5C6DkC4H9D3DqHtC7C8DtS6C4S8C5SqC8H two: 2C6H3HaS7DjD3S2D5D9CkSkH9H4C2StDtHjSkD7SqS3C one: 2HjC9S7HjH8S4DqD5C6DkC4H9D3DqHtC7C8DtS6C4S8C5SqC8H6S2CaD5HaCaH two: 6H3HaS7DjD3S2D5D9CkSkH9H4C2StDtHjSkD7SqS3C ... (skipped middle part to save lines) one: kC7HkHqCqH9SjS5StD4D3S2HaD7S8H4CkS4SaHjD8D6H4H3HjC7CtH5DtC2DjH2C9D6D6C2S6SkDqD9H9C5HtS3D two: 8C7DaCqSaS5C8S3C one: 7HkHqCqH9SjS5StD4D3S2HaD7S8H4CkS4SaHjD8D6H4H3HjC7CtH5DtC2DjH2C9D6D6C2S6SkDqD9H9C5HtS3DkC8C two: 7DaCqSaS5C8S3C WAR!!! one: qCqH9SjS5StD4D3S2HaD7S8H4CkS4SaHjD8D6H4H3HjC7CtH5DtC2DjH2C9D6D6C2S6SkDqD9H9C5HtS3DkC8C two: qSaS5C8S3C WAR!!! one: 9SjS5StD4D3S2HaD7S8H4CkS4SaHjD8D6H4H3HjC7CtH5DtC2DjH2C9D6D6C2S6SkDqD9H9C5HtS3DkC8C two: 5C8S3C one: jS5StD4D3S2HaD7S8H4CkS4SaHjD8D6H4H3HjC7CtH5DtC2DjH2C9D6D6C2S6SkDqD9H9C5HtS3DkC8C9S5C7HkH7DaCqCqHqSaS two: 8S3C one: 5StD4D3S2HaD7S8H4CkS4SaHjD8D6H4H3HjC7CtH5DtC2DjH2C9D6D6C2S6SkDqD9H9C5HtS3DkC8C9S5C7HkH7DaCqCqHqSaSjS8S two: 3C one: tD4D3S2HaD7S8H4CkS4SaHjD8D6H4H3HjC7CtH5DtC2DjH2C9D6D6C2S6SkDqD9H9C5HtS3DkC8C9S5C7HkH7DaCqCqHqSaSjS8S5S3C two: player 'one' wins in 117 moves
Phix[edit]
Shuffles on pickup to significantly shorten the games
with javascript_semantics sequence deck = shuffle(tagset(52)), hand1 = deck[1..26], hand2 = deck[27..52], pending = {} function pop1() integer res {res, hand1} = {hand1[1],hand1[2..$]} return res end function function pop2() integer res {res, hand2} = {hand2[1],hand2[2..$]} return res end function function show(integer c) integer r = remainder(c-1,13)+1, s = floor((c-1)/13)+1 printf(1,"%s ",{"23456789TJQKA"[r]&"SHDC"[s]}) return r end function while true do if length(hand1)=0 then if length(hand2)=0 then printf(1,"Game ends as a tie.\n") exit end if printf(1,"Player 2 wins the game.\n") exit elsif length(hand2)=0 then printf(1,"Player 1 wins the game.\n") exit end if integer c1 = pop1(), c2 = pop2(), r1 = show(c1), r2 = show(c2) if r1>r2 then printf(1,"Player 1 takes the cards.\n") hand1 &= shuffle(c1&c2&pending) pending = {} elsif r1<r2 then printf(1,"Player 2 takes the cards.\n") hand2 &= shuffle(c1&c2&pending) pending = {} else -- r1==r2 printf(1,"Tie!\n") if length(hand1)!=0 and length(hand2)!=0 then pending &= shuffle(c1&c2&pop1()&pop2()) printf(1,"?? ?? Cards are face down.\n") end if end if end while
- Output:
9H 3C Player 1 takes the cards. AD KD Player 1 takes the cards. 3D KS Player 2 takes the cards. ... 2H 9S Player 2 takes the cards. KC 7H Player 1 takes the cards. 5C JS Player 2 takes the cards. 3S 3D Tie! ?? ?? Cards are face down. 8D 2H Player 1 takes the cards. 2C JS Player 2 takes the cards. JD 5C Player 1 takes the cards. 6D 2C Player 1 takes the cards. QD JS Player 1 takes the cards. Player 1 wins the game.
Python[edit]
""" https://bicyclecards.com/how-to-play/war/ """
from numpy.random import shuffle
SUITS = ['♣', '♦', '♥', '♠']
FACES = ['2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', 'J', 'Q', 'K', 'A']
DECK = [f + s for f in FACES for s in SUITS]
CARD_TO_RANK = dict((DECK[i], (i + 3) // 4) for i in range(len(DECK)))
class WarCardGame:
""" card game War """
def __init__(self):
deck = DECK.copy()
shuffle(deck)
self.deck1, self.deck2 = deck[:26], deck[26:]
self.pending = []
def turn(self):
""" one turn, may recurse on tie """
if len(self.deck1) == 0 or len(self.deck2) == 0:
return self.gameover()
card1, card2 = self.deck1.pop(0), self.deck2.pop(0)
rank1, rank2 = CARD_TO_RANK[card1], CARD_TO_RANK[card2]
print("{:10}{:10}".format(card1, card2), end='')
if rank1 > rank2:
print('Player 1 takes the cards.')
self.deck1.extend([card1, card2])
self.deck1.extend(self.pending)
self.pending = []
elif rank1 < rank2:
print('Player 2 takes the cards.')
self.deck2.extend([card2, card1])
self.deck2.extend(self.pending)
self.pending = []
else: # rank1 == rank2
print('Tie!')
if len(self.deck1) == 0 or len(self.deck2) == 0:
return self.gameover()
card3, card4 = self.deck1.pop(0), self.deck2.pop(0)
self.pending.extend([card1, card2, card3, card4])
print("{:10}{:10}".format("?", "?"), 'Cards are face down.', sep='')
return self.turn()
return True
def gameover(self):
""" game over who won message """
if len(self.deck2) == 0:
if len(self.deck1) == 0:
print('\nGame ends as a tie.')
else:
print('\nPlayer 1 wins the game.')
else:
print('\nPlayer 2 wins the game.')
return False
if __name__ == '__main__':
WG = WarCardGame()
while WG.turn():
continue
- Output:
8♠ K♠ Player 2 takes the cards. 3♠ 8♥ Player 2 takes the cards. K♣ 4♠ Player 1 takes the cards. Q♦ J♣ Player 1 takes the cards. 5♦ 6♦ Player 2 takes the cards. A♥ Q♣ Player 1 takes the cards. 10♣ 5♥ Player 1 takes the cards. J♦ 7♣ Player 1 takes the cards. K♥ Q♠ Player 1 takes the cards. 2♦ 2♣ Player 1 takes the cards. 10♠ 9♥ Player 1 takes the cards. 9♠ 3♦ Player 1 takes the cards. A♠ A♦ Tie! ? ? Cards are face down. 3♥ 8♦ Player 2 takes the cards. 5♣ 2♠ Player 1 takes the cards. J♠ 4♦ Player 1 takes the cards. 2♥ 7♦ Player 2 takes the cards. ... et cetera ... A♣ 4♣ Player 1 takes the cards. 7♣ 3♣ Player 1 takes the cards. 9♠ A♦ Player 2 takes the cards. 6♦ Q♠ Player 2 takes the cards. 7♦ 3♦ Player 1 takes the cards. 5♥ 2♥ Player 1 takes the cards. A♣ A♥ Player 2 takes the cards. 4♣ 10♣ Player 2 takes the cards. 7♣ 10♥ Player 2 takes the cards. 3♣ 5♦ Player 2 takes the cards. 7♦ K♦ Player 2 takes the cards. 3♦ 8♣ Player 2 takes the cards. 5♥ J♦ Player 2 takes the cards. 2♥ 6♥ Player 2 takes the cards. Player 2 wins the game.
Racket[edit]
(and inspired by Raku's thnudergnat rules)#lang racket
(define current-battle-length (make-parameter 3))
(define cards (string->list (string-append "🂢🂣🂤🂥🂦🂧🂨🂩🂪🂫🂭🂮🂡" "🂲🂳🂴🂵🂶🂷🂸🂹🂺🂻🂽🂾🂱"
"🃂🃃🃄🃅🃆🃇🃈🃉🃊🃋🃍🃎🃁" "🃒🃓🃔🃕🃖🃗🃘🃙🃚🃛🃝🃞🃑")))
(define face (curry hash-ref (for/hash ((c cards) (i (in-naturals))) (values c (+ 2 (modulo i 13))))))
(define (print-draw-result turn-number d1 c1 d2 c2 → (pending null))
(printf "#~a\t~a ~a ~a\t~a|~a|~a~%" turn-number c1 → c2 (length d1) (length pending)(length d2)))
(define (turn d1 d2 (n 1) (pending null) (battle 0))
(match* (d1 d2)
[('() '()) "Game ends in a tie!"]
[(_ '()) "Player 1 wins."]
[('() _) "Player 2 wins."]
[((list c3 d1- ...) (list c4 d2- ...))
#:when (positive? battle)
(define pending+ (list* c3 c4 pending))
(print-draw-result n d1- "🂠" d2- "🂠" "?" pending+)
(turn d1- d2- (add1 n) pending+ (sub1 battle))]
[((list (and c1 (app face r)) d1- ...) (list (and c2 (app face r)) d2- ...))
(define pending+ (list* c1 c2 pending))
(print-draw-result n d1- c1 d2- c2 #\= pending+)
(turn d1- d2- (add1 n) pending+ (current-battle-length))]
[((list (and c1 (app face r1)) d1- ...) (list (and c2 (app face r2)) d2- ...))
(define spoils (shuffle (list* c1 c2 pending)))
(define p1-win? (> r1 r2))
(define d1+ (if p1-win? (append d1- spoils) d1-))
(define d2+ (if p1-win? d2- (append d2- spoils)))
(print-draw-result n d1+ c1 d2+ c2 (if p1-win? "←" "→"))
(turn d1+ d2+ (add1 n))]))
(define (war-card-game)
(call-with-values (λ () (split-at (shuffle cards) (quotient (length cards) 2)))
turn))
(displayln (war-card-game))
- Output:
#1 🃉 ← 🃔 27|0|25 #2 🂡 ← 🃘 28|0|24 #3 🂹 → 🃁 27|0|25 #4 🃋 → 🂽 26|0|26 #5 🂫 ← 🂪 27|0|25 #6 🃒 → 🃛 26|0|26 #7 🃑 ← 🃖 27|0|25 #8 🂢 → 🂻 26|0|26 #9 🃍 ← 🃗 27|0|25 #10 🃊 → 🃝 26|0|26 #11 🃎 ← 🂳 27|0|25 #12 🃅 → 🂶 26|0|26 #13 🃙 ← 🂨 27|0|25 #14 🂦 → 🂺 26|0|26
...
#305 🂧 → 🂾 45|0|7 #306 🂦 = 🃖 44|2|6 #307 🂠 ? 🂠 43|4|5 #308 🂠 ? 🂠 42|6|4 #309 🂠 ? 🂠 41|8|3 #310 🃁 ← 🃃 50|0|2 #311 🂽 ← 🂧 51|0|1 #312 🃘 → 🂾 50|0|2 #313 🂷 → 🂾 49|0|3 #314 🂴 → 🃘 48|0|4 #315 🃊 → 🂾 47|0|5 #316 🂱 ← 🂷 48|0|4 #317 🃋 ← 🂴 49|0|3 #318 🃒 → 🃘 48|0|4 #319 🂶 → 🃊 47|0|5 #320 🂢 → 🂾 46|0|6 #321 🂺 ← 🃒 47|0|5 #322 🂩 ← 🃘 48|0|4 #323 🃛 ← 🂶 49|0|3 #324 🃝 ← 🃊 50|0|2 #325 🃞 = 🂾 49|2|1 #326 🂠 ? 🂠 48|4|0 Player 1 wins.
(And the draw-3 rules were meant to lead to short games hmm?)
Raku[edit]
The linked Bicycle cards site has slightly different rules for War! than how I used to play when I was but a lad. Implement it both ways.
Some rules are not nailed down very well. Here is how I interpreted it:
- The values of the cards 2-10 are face value; Jack, Queen, King and Ace may effectively be treated as: 11, 12, 13 & 14.
- Each player plays one card face up. The player whose card is the highest value takes both of the played cards and adds them to the bottom of his deck.
- When one player runs out of cards and is not able to place enough cards to finish a round, he loses.
- If both players play a card of the same value, it is then War!
- Bicycle rules: each player then plays another card face down then another face up.
- thundergnat rules: each player then plays three cards face down then another face up. (Tends to make for shorter games.)
- If the final face-up cards are different, the player playing the higher value card takes all of the played cards and adds them to the bottom of his deck
- If they are the same, continue with rounds of War! until one player plays a higher value war card or a player runs out of cards.
- When the winning player picks up his cards. the cards are randomized when added to the bottom of his deck. (Cuts a typical game from multi thousands of rounds to multi hundreds of rounds)
Pass in which variant you want to play 2 down, (Bicycle), --war=2, 4 down (thundergnat), (default), --war=4 or 3 down (????) , --war=3. By default, there is a short delay (.1 seconds) between rounds so you can watch what is going on. Pass in a larger/smaller value to slow down or speed up how long the game takes. --sleep=0 or whatever.
In glorious ANSI color! (The output loses much when pasted in as text so show output as screenshot images.)
unit sub MAIN (:$war where 2..4 = 4, :$sleep = .1);
my %c = ( # convenience hash of ANSI colors
red => "\e[38;2;255;10;0m",
blue => "\e[38;2;05;10;200m",
black => "\e[38;2;0;0;0m"
);
my @cards = flat (flat
<🂢 🂣 🂤 🂥 🂦 🂧 🂨 🂩 🂪 🂫 🂭 🂮 🂡
🃒 🃓 🃔 🃕 🃖 🃗 🃘 🃙 🃚 🃛 🃝 🃞 🃑>.map({ "{%c<black>}$_" }),
<🂲 🂳 🂴 🂵 🂶 🂷 🂸 🂹 🂺 🂻 🂽 🂾 🂱
🃂 🃃 🃄 🃅 🃆 🃇 🃈 🃉 🃊 🃋 🃍 🃎 🃁>.map({ "{%c<red>}$_" })
).batch(13).map({ .flat Z 2..14 })».map: { .[1] but .[0] };
my $back = "{%c<blue>}🂠";
my @won = <👈 👉>;
sub shuffle (@cards) { @cards.pick: * }
sub deal (@cards) { [@cards[0,*+2 … *], @cards[1,*+2 … *]] }
my ($rows, $cols) = qx/stty size/.words».Int; # get the terminal size
note "Terminal is only $cols characters wide, needs to be at least 80, 120 or more recommended."
and exit if $cols < 80;
sub clean-up {
reset-scroll-region;
show-cursor;
print-at $rows, 1, '';
print "\e[0m";
exit(0)
}
signal(SIGINT).tap: { clean-up() }
my @index = ($cols div 2 - 5, $cols div 2 + 4);
my @player = (deal shuffle @cards)».Array;
my $lose = False;
sub take (@player, Int $cards) {
if +@player >= $cards {
return @player.splice(0, $cards);
}
else {
$lose = True;
return @player.splice(0, +@player);
}
}
use Terminal::ANSI;
clear-screen;
hide-cursor;
# Set background color
print "\e[H\e[J\e[48;2;245;245;245m", ' ' xx $rows * $cols + 1;
# Add header
print-at 1, $cols div 2 - 1, "{%c<red>}WAR!";
print-at 2, 1, '━' x $cols;
my $row = 3;
my $height = $rows - $row - 2;
set-scroll-region($row, $height);
# footer
print-at $height + 1, 1, '━' x $cols;
my $round = 0;
my @round;
loop {
@round = [@player[0].&take(1)], [@player[1].&take(1)] unless +@round;
print-at $row, $cols div 2, "{%c<red>}┃";
print-at $row, @index[0], @round[0;0] // ' ';
print-at $row, @index[1], @round[1;0] // ' ';
if $lose {
if @player[0] < @player[1] {
print-at $row, $cols div 2 + 1, @won[1] unless +@round[1] == 1;
print-at $height + 3, $cols div 2 - 10, "{%c<red>} Player 1 is out of cards "
} else {
print-at $row, $cols div 2 - 2, @won[0] unless +@round[0] == 1;
print-at $height + 3, $cols div 2 - 10, "{%c<red>} Player 2 is out of cards "
}
}
if (@round[0].tail // 0) > (@round[1].tail // 0) {
print-at $row, $cols div 2 - 2, @won[0];
@player[0].append: flat (|@round[0],|@round[1]).pick: *;
@round = ();
}
elsif (@round[0].tail // 0) < (@round[1].tail // 0) {
print-at $row, $cols div 2 + 1, @won[1];
@player[1].append: flat (|@round[0],|@round[1]).pick: *;
@round = ();
}
else {
@round[0].append: @player[0].&take($war);
@round[1].append: @player[1].&take($war);
print-at $row, @index[0] - $_ * 2, ($_ %% $war) ?? @round[0; $_] !! $back for ^@round[0];
print-at $row, @index[1] + $_ * 2, ($_ %% $war) ?? @round[1; $_] !! $back for ^@round[1];
next
}
last if $lose;
print-at $height + 2, $cols div 2 - 4, "{%c<blue>} Round {++$round} ";
print-at $height + 2, $cols div 2 - 40, "{%c<blue>} Player 1: {+@player[0]} cards ";
print-at $height + 2, $cols div 2 + 21, "{%c<blue>} Player 2: {+@player[1]} cards ";
sleep $sleep if +$sleep;
if $row >= $height { scroll-up } else { ++$row }
}
# game over
print-at $height + 2, $cols div 2 - 40, "{%c<blue>} Player 1: {+@player[0] ?? '52' !! "{%c<red>}0"}{%c<blue>} cards ";
print-at $height + 2, $cols div 2 + 20, "{%c<blue>} Player 2: {+@player[1] ?? '52' !! "{%c<red>}0"}{%c<blue>} cards ";
clean-up;
- Sample outout Bicycle:
Pass in :war=2 on the command line.
See Bicycle variation (offsite png image)
- Sample outout using defaults:
See thundergnat variation (offsite png image)
Wren[edit]
I've assumed that if a player runs out of cards during a 'war', then the other player automatically wins the game. The Bicycle card company's rules don't appear to cover this eventuality
I've also assumed that if a player wins a round, his/her own cards (in the order played) are added back to the bottom of his/her hand before the other player's cards.
import "random" for Random
import "/queue" for Deque
var rand = Random.new()
var suits = ["♣", "♦", "♥", "♠"]
var faces = ["2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "T", "J", "Q", "K", "A" ]
var cards = List.filled(52, null)
for (i in 0..51) cards[i] = "%(faces[i%13])%(suits[(i/13).floor])"
var ranks = List.filled(52, 0)
for (i in 0..51) ranks[i] = i % 13
var war = Fn.new {
var deck = List.filled(52, 0)
for (i in 0..51) deck[i] = i
rand.shuffle(deck)
var hand1 = Deque.new()
var hand2 = Deque.new()
for (i in 0..25) {
hand1.pushFront(deck[2*i])
hand2.pushFront(deck[2*i+1])
}
while (hand1.count > 0 && hand2.count > 0) {
var card1 = hand1.popFront()
var card2 = hand2.popFront()
var played1 = [card1]
var played2 = [card2]
var numPlayed = 2
while (true) {
System.write("%(cards[card1])\t%(cards[card2])\t")
if (ranks[card1] > ranks[card2]) {
hand1.pushAllBack(played1)
hand1.pushAllBack(played2)
System.print("Player 1 takes the %(numPlayed) cards. Now has %(hand1.count).")
break
} else if (ranks[card1] < ranks[card2]) {
hand2.pushAllBack(played2)
hand2.pushAllBack(played1)
System.print("Player 2 takes the %(numPlayed) cards. Now has %(hand2.count).")
break
} else {
System.print("War!")
if (hand1.count < 2) {
System.print("Player 1 has insufficient cards left.")
hand2.pushAllBack(played2)
hand2.pushAllBack(played1)
hand2.pushAllBack(hand1)
hand1.clear()
break
}
if (hand2.count < 2) {
System.print("Player 2 has insufficient cards left.")
hand1.pushAllBack(played1)
hand1.pushAllBack(played2)
hand1.pushAllBack(hand2)
hand2.clear()
break
}
played1.add(hand1.popFront()) // face down card
card1 = hand1.popFront() // face up card
played1.add(card1)
played2.add(hand2.popFront()) // face down card
card2 = hand2.popFront() // face up card
played2.add(card2)
numPlayed = numPlayed + 4
System.print("? \t? \tFace down cards.")
}
}
}
if (hand1.count == 52) {
System.print("Player 1 wins the game!")
} else {
System.print("Player 2 wins the game!")
}
}
war.call()
- Output:
Sample game (abridged):
Q♥ 9♠ Player 1 takes the 2 cards. Now has 27. 3♦ T♦ Player 2 takes the 2 cards. Now has 26. 8♣ A♥ Player 2 takes the 2 cards. Now has 27. 3♠ Q♠ Player 2 takes the 2 cards. Now has 28. J♠ 4♥ Player 1 takes the 2 cards. Now has 25. 3♣ 7♣ Player 2 takes the 2 cards. Now has 28. 9♦ 2♠ Player 1 takes the 2 cards. Now has 25. 7♥ K♦ Player 2 takes the 2 cards. Now has 28. 5♥ A♠ Player 2 takes the 2 cards. Now has 29. 2♦ K♠ Player 2 takes the 2 cards. Now has 30. 5♠ 5♣ War! ? ? Face down cards. 4♣ T♣ Player 2 takes the 6 cards. Now has 33. A♦ 9♥ Player 1 takes the 2 cards. Now has 20. T♥ 9♣ Player 1 takes the 2 cards. Now has 21. K♣ Q♣ Player 1 takes the 2 cards. Now has 22. 4♦ A♣ Player 2 takes the 2 cards. Now has 31. 7♠ 7♦ War! ? ? Face down cards. 8♦ J♣ Player 2 takes the 6 cards. Now has 34. ..... T♠ 7♦ Player 1 takes the 2 cards. Now has 10. 7♠ J♣ Player 2 takes the 2 cards. Now has 43. 4♣ 4♥ War! ? ? Face down cards. 2♠ 2♣ War! ? ? Face down cards. 3♦ 9♠ Player 2 takes the 10 cards. Now has 48. 5♠ 5♣ War! ? ? Face down cards. T♠ T♥ War! Player 1 has insufficient cards left. Player 2 wins the game!
XPL0[edit]
char Deck(52), \initial card deck (low 2 bits = suit)
Stack(2, 52); \each player's stack of cards (52 maximum)
int Inx(2), \index to last card (+1) for each stack
Top, \index to compared cards, = stack top if not war
Card, N, I, J, P, T;
char Suit, Rank;
proc MoveCard(To, From); \Move top card From Stack to bottom of To Stack
int To, From;
int Card, I;
[Card:= Stack(From, 0); \take top Card from From Stack
for I:= 0 to Inx(From)-2 do \shift remaining cards over
Stack(From, I):= Stack(From, I+1);
if Inx(From) > 0 then \remove From card from its Stack
Inx(From):= Inx(From)-1;
Stack(To, Inx(To)):= Card; \add Card to bottom of To Stack
if Inx(To) < 52 then \remove From card from its Stack
Inx(To):= Inx(To)+1;
];
[\\Suit:= "^C^D^E^F "; \IBM OEM card symbols aren't displayable on RC
Suit:= "HDCS ";
Rank:= "23456789TJQKA "; \T = 10
for Card:= 0 to 52-1 do \make a complete deck of cards
Deck(Card):= Card;
for N:= 0 to 10_000 do \shuffle the deck by swapping random locations
[I:= Ran(52); J:= Ran(52);
T:= Deck(I); Deck(I):= Deck(J); Deck(J):= T;
];
for N:= 0 to 52-1 do \deal deck into two stacks
[Card:= Deck(N);
I:= N/2;
P:= rem(0);
Stack(P, I):= Card;
];
Inx(0):= 52/2; Inx(1):= 52/2; \set indexes to last card +1
loop [for P:= 0 to 1 do \show both stacks of cards
[for I:= 0 to Inx(P)-1 do
[Card:= Stack(P, I); ChOut(0, Rank(Card>>2))];
CrLf(0);
for I:= 0 to Inx(P)-1 do
[Card:= Stack(P, I); ChOut(0, Suit(Card&3))];
CrLf(0);
];
if Inx(0)=0 or Inx(1)=0 then quit; \game over
Top:= 0; \compare card ranks (above 2-bit suits)
loop [if Stack(0, Top)>>2 = Stack(1, Top)>>2 then
[Text(0, "War!"); CrLf(0);
Top:= Top+2; \play a card down and a card up
]
else if Stack(0, Top)>>2 > Stack(1, Top)>>2 then
[for I:= 0 to Top do \move cards to Stack 0
[MoveCard(0, 0); MoveCard(0, 1)];
quit;
]
else [for I:= 0 to Top do \move cards to Stack 1
[MoveCard(1, 1); MoveCard(1, 0)];
quit;
];
];
T:= ChIn(1); \wait for keystroke (no key echo)
CrLf(0);
];
]
]- Output:
578Q465J29A9437JTT59A662QJ CCDDCCSHSHHDDCHCSDHCDHSHHS KK8A975Q2A38J87T63K342TQK4 HCCCSDDCCSSSDHSHDHDDHDCSSS 78Q465J29A9437JTT59A662QJ CDDCCSHSHHDDCHCSDHCDHSHHS K8A975Q2A38J87T63K342TQK4K5 CCCSDDCCSSSDHSHDHDDHDCSSSHC 8Q465J29A9437JTT59A662QJ DDCCSHSHHDDCHCSDHCDHSHHS 8A975Q2A38J87T63K342TQK4K5K7 CCSDDCCSSSDHSHDHDDHDCSSSHCCC War! 65J29A9437JTT59A662QJ CSHSHHDDCHCSDHCDHSHHS 75Q2A38J87T63K342TQK4K5K788AQ94 DDCCSSSDHSHDHDDHDCSSSHCCCCDCDSC 5J29A9437JTT59A662QJ SHSHHDDCHCSDHCDHSHHS 5Q2A38J87T63K342TQK4K5K788AQ9476 DCCSSSDHSHDHDDHDCSSSHCCCCDCDSCDC War! War! 9437JTT59A662QJ55JQ229AA3 DDCHCSDHCDHSHHSSDHCSCHSHS 8J87T63K342TQK4K5K788AQ9476 SDHSHDHDDHDCSSSHCCCCDCDSCDC . . . K38562446952A7A2K4J4T7KJQ39976Q893ATK8JTT5Q562AQ87 DDSDSHHSDDSSDDCCSDHCSCCCSSHSSCCCCHSCHHDDHHDCHDHHDH J3 SC 38562446952A7A2K4J4T7KJQ39976Q893ATK8JTT5Q562AQ87KJ DSDSHHSDDSSDDCCSDHCSCCCSSHSSCCCCHSCHHDDHHDCHDHHDHDS 3 C War! 62446952A7A2K4J4T7KJQ39976Q893ATK8JTT5Q562AQ87KJ3385 SHHSDDSSDDCCSDHCSCCCSSHSSCCCCHSCHHDDHHDCHDHHDHDSDCSD