card_deck.py

from random import shuffle
from time import sleep

suits = ('Hearts', 'Diamonds', 'Spades', 'Clubs')
ranks = ('Two', 'Three', 'Four', 'Five', 'Six', 'Seven', 'Eight', 'Nine', 'Ten', 'Jack', 'Queen', 'King', 'Ace')
# Note: the strategy with the Ace is to take its value to be 11 unless that makes the player go bust, in
# which case the value is taken to be 1.
values = {'Two':2, 'Three':3, 'Four':4, 'Five':5, 'Six':6, 'Seven':7, 'Eight':8, 
		'Nine':9, 'Ten':10, 'Jack':10, 'Queen':10, 'King':10, 'Ace':11}

class Card:
    
    def __init__(self,suit,rank):
        self.suit = suit
        self.rank = rank
        self.value = values[rank]
        
    def __str__(self):
        return self.rank + ' of ' + self.suit
    
class Deck:
    
    def __init__(self):
        # Creation of a new deck
        self.all_cards = [] 
        for suit in suits:
            for rank in ranks:
                # This assumes the Card class has already been defined!
                self.all_cards.append(Card(suit,rank))
        # We play a 6-deck game
        self.all_cards *= 6
                
    def shuffle(self):
        # Reorder the cards
        shuffle(self.all_cards)
        
    def deal_one(self):
        # Note we remove one card from the list of all_cards
        return self.all_cards.pop()
    
    def __len__(self):
        return len(self.all_cards) # Initially 52*6 = 312 cards