@stdlib/datasets-standard-card-deck NPM

Standard 52-Card Deck

A list of two or three letter abbreviations for each card in a standard 52-card deck.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/datasets-standard-card-deck

Usage

var cards = require( '@stdlib/datasets-standard-card-deck' );

cards()

Returns a list of two or three letter abbreviations for each card in a standard 52-card deck.

var list = cards();
// returns [ 'AC', '2C', '3C', ... ]

Abbreviation format:

<card><suit>

Cards: A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K, where

A: ace
J: jack
Q: queen
K: king

Suit abbreviations:

C: clubs
D: diamonds
H: hearts
S: spades

Examples

var discreteUniform = require( '@stdlib/random-base-discrete-uniform' );
var cards = require( '@stdlib/datasets-standard-card-deck' );

var list;
var len;
var idx;
var i;

list = cards();
len = list.length;

// Select random cards from the list...
for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) {
    idx = discreteUniform( 0, len-1 );
    console.log( list[ idx ] );
}

License

The data files (databases) are licensed under an Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication & License 1.0 and their contents are licensed under Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal. The software is licensed under Apache License, Version 2.0.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.