I am a beginning java student and I am having trouble with a class that I am supposed to create which creates a deck of cards(without suit) and I am suppose to create a an algorithm that simulates shuffling the deck.

I think the logic is right but I keep getting these two errors. Can some one here help me with this?


deck.java:16: illegal start of type
for (int i=0; i < numOfCardsInSuit; i++)
^
deck.java:33: <identifier> expected
^
2 errors

//******************************Out line of deck Class***********************************


public class Deck{


private int[] cards = new int[52];
private int numOfRandShuffles = 10000;// # Card Shuffles
private int numOfCardsInSuit = 13;

private Random randGen = new Random(); // Random number generator

//initialize the array to the ints 1-13 (4 of each value)
for (int i=0; i < numOfCardsInSuit; i++)
{
      cards[i] = i+1;
      cards[i+1] = i+1;
      cards[i+2] = i+1;
      cards[i+3] = i+1;

}

//shuffle by exchanging each element randomly a specific number of times( in this case 10000)
for (int i=0; i < numOfRandShuffles; i++)
{
    int randomPosition = randGen.nextInt(cards.length);
    int temp = cards[i];
    cards[i] = cards[randomPosition];
    cards[randomPosition] = temp;
}

}//end of Deck class

In Java language, you cannot put the code in the declaration section. This will cause error at compiler time.
What you need to do is to put your intialization code in your constructor since your constructor will get call when an object is instantiated.

// Here is a example of how you can initialize your deck of card:
public class Deck
{

   public Deck()
   {
       initializeCardDeck();
   }

   private void initializeCardDeck()
   {
      // put your initialization code in this method
   }
}

thank u alot.

It works.