Need help with Python programming problem.

[King Kuta]

Take a look here. It might help you figure out something.
http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCS/thinkCSpy/chap15.htm

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Kuta


"gk" <topsoil at mail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Been trying to get the following problem to work. So far its been
> hectic since i am very new to programming:
>
>
> Make a program that simulates a card game.
>
>
> You have a Deck of cards that contains the following:
>
>
>
> -4 suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs)
> -Each suit has 14 ranks and points assigned to them:
>
> 2= 2 points
> 3= 3 points
> 4= 4 points
> 5= 5 points
> 6= 6 points
> 7= 7 points
> 8= 8 points
> 9= 9 points
> 10= 10 points
> Jack= 11 points
> Queen= 12 points
> King= 13 points
> Ace= 14 points
>
>
> First the computer picks 3 cards and then the user gets 3 cards. The
> following rules are used to calculate the total points accumulated
> for the computer and the user:
>
> -Each Card carries points equivalent to its rank except the Ace card,
> which is worth 14 points.
>
> -If all 3 cards are of the same suit, then add 30 bonus points to the
> total points of the 3 cards.
>
> - If all 3 cards are of the same rank, add 50 points bonus to the
> total points of the 3 cards.
>
> - if all 3 cards are face cards (meaning they have faces like a
> king,queen,jack) and are of the same rank, then add 100 points bonus
> to the total points of the 3 cards.
>
> - if all 3 cards of the same suit are a sequence, add 30 points bonus
> to the total points of the 3 cards.
>
>
> At the end of the game the winner is announced between the computer
> and the user.
>
>
>
> The following is what i think should be done (got help on it from
> another forum), but i don't know much syntax and therefore am stuck:
>
> 1) Create somewhere to store the deck of 52 cards (e.g. a list named
> Deck)
> (Hint - search for list.append() and list.pop() help)
> 2) Create somewhere to store user points and computer points
> 3) Fill "Deck" with 52 cards, one of each suite
> 4) Shuffle the deck
> 5) a) Read 3 cards
>    b) Calculate points
>    c) Calculate bonus points
>    d) Add to user or computer store
>    e) Repeat until the deck is empty
> 6) Print scores
>
>
>
> import random
>
> ##Store the deck as a list
> Deck = []
> UserPoints = 0
> CompPoints = 0
>
> ##Populate the deck with cards
> ##Hint - for x in range(14)
> ##Hint2 - for s in ['hearts', 'spades']
>
> ##Shuffle the deck
> random.shuffle(deck)
>
> ##Main loop
> while Deck:
>   ##Read 3 cards
>
>   ##calculate points
>
>   ## calculate bonus points
>
>   ## Add points and bonus points to total
>
>   ## etc
>
> ##Print winner
>
>
>
>
> Thanks.