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OKay so i have assignment called mystery calculator, it seems simple enough but im stuck on how to arrange it..
What initially has to be done is that i have 6 'cards' populated with a series of numbers which cant be hardcoded ..

what i have so far is


My Question is: should i have a separate class called Card and instantiate the 6 arraylists there? or should i have one arraylist in a Card class and one araylist in Calculator class and somehow do it like that? im new to this and relly could do with some help much appreciate
 
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Difficult to be sure, and there is a very nice distinction between some of your options.
I don't know the full details about having Lists in different classes, but the idea of one List in one class and another List in another class seems a bit suspect to me.
The difference between what you have and a Card class appears slight, but I suspect you will get better OO design, a minor consideration, and better marks, a major consideration, if you can create a Card class and keep your 6 Lists in 6 Card objects.

I presume you don't mind that some numbers are going into several cards?
You realise that i % 16 can never be > 15, which means you might be able to simplify several of your if conditions.
 
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And welcome to JavaRanch
 
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Hey thanks for reply,

yea my major consideration is good marks, just starting programming and liking it..
So I went and made a 'Card' class and it works but...... I have a feeling my code is kindof bloated and im trying to cut down on the amount of code (this is what lecturers are telling us to do),

heres what I have so far, this is my Calculator class


And here is my Card class


What i want to know is any way of lessening this code? Is there a way I can get rid of all those separate printCard*() methods?

again any help is greatly appreciated
 
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Try calling the methods printCardList or similar and pass a List<Card> as a parameter.
 
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And the long block of repeated print statements can probably be condensed similarly. But I am too tired to work out how just now
 
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This is Kevin Sweeney, Entertainment Systems, WIT.


(sorry for bump)
 
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