1999 Canadian Computing Competition, Stage 1
Problem 1: Card Game
Write a program that will keep score for a simple two-player game, played with a deck of cards. There are 52 cards in the deck; four of each of 1 possible names: two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king, ace. The cards labelled jack, queen, king, ace are collectively known as high cards.
The deck is shuffled and placed face-down on the table. Player A turns over the top card and places it on a pile; then player B turns over the top card and places it on the pile. A and B alternate until the deck is exhausted. The game is scored as follows:
- if a player turns over an ace, with at least 4 cards remain to be turned over, and none of the
next 4 cards is a high card, that player scores 4 points - if a player turns over a king, with at least 3 cards remain to be turned over, and none of the next
3 cards is a high card, that player scores 3 points - if a player turns over a queen, with at least 2 cards remain to be turned over, and none of the
next 2 cards is a high card, that player scores 2 points - if a player turns over a jack, with at least 1 card remains to be turned over, and the next card is
not a high card, that player scores 1 point
The input will contain 52 lines. Each line will contain the name of a card in the deck, in lower case letters. The first line denotes the first card to be turned over; the next line the next card; and so on. Whenever a player scores, print
Player X scores n point(s).
where X is the name of the player (A or B) and n is the number of points scored (1, 2, 3, or 4). At the end of the game, print the total score for each player, on two lines:
Player A: n point(s). Player B: m point(s).
Sample Input
three seven queen eight five ten king eight jack queen six queen jack eight seven three ten four king nine six seven ace four jack ace ten nine ten queen ace king seven two five two five nine three king six eight jack six five four two ace four three two nine
Sample Output
Player A scores 2 point(s). Player A scores 1 point(s). Player A scores 3 point(s). Player B scores 3 point(s). Player A scores 1 point(s). Player B scores 4 point(s). Player A: 7 point(s). Player B: 7 point(s).
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Point Value: 5
Time Limit: 2.00s
Memory Limit: 16M
Added: Oct 03, 2008
Languages Allowed:
C++03, PAS, C, HASK, ASM, RUBY, PYTH2, JAVA, PHP, SCM, CAML, PERL, C#, C++11, PYTH3
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