Card counting function that increments or decrements a global count variable according to the card's value on a table of values. Returns a string with the current count and the string "Bet" if the count is positive, or "Hold" if the count is zero or negative.
The purpose of the project is just personal learning.
In Blackjack, a player can gain an advantage over the house by keeping track of the relative number of high and low cards remaining in the deck. This is called Card Counting. More high cards remaining in the deck favors the player. For this function, each card value must be according to this table:
| Count Change | Cards |
|---|---|
| +1 | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| 0 | 7, 8, 9 |
| -1 | 10, 'J', 'Q', 'K', 'A' |
- When the count is positive, the player should bet high.
- When the count is zero or negative, the player should bet low.
Card counting function cc takes a card parameter, which can be a number or a string. The function increments or decrements the global count variable according to the card's value on a table of values and returns a string with the current count and the string "Bet" if the count is positive, or "Hold" if the count is zero or negative.
Example Output:
-3 Hold
5 Bet
- Do the same in Python
- Javascript ES6
NA - It's only coding examples, there's no setup.
Project is: in progress - Kept for reference.
Based on FreeCodeCamp's excercise Counting Cards from subsection JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures (Basic JavaScript section).