Convert cards to tuple

BlackjackGUI/GameWindow.vb

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         StartGame.Enabled = False
     End Sub
 
-    Private Sub OnCardDealt(card As String, cardNumber As String, hide As Boolean) Handles game.CardDealt
+    Private Sub OnCardDealt(card As Tuple(Of String, String), cardNumber As String, hide As Boolean) Handles game.CardDealt
         Dim pictureBox As PictureBox
         Debug.Print(cardNumber)
         Try

BlackjackGUI/Utilities.vb

@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
         Dim random As New Random()
         For x As Integer = 0 To max
             Dim rand As Integer = random.Next(0, max)
-            Dim temp As String = list(x)
+            Dim temp = list(x)
             list(x) = list(rand)
             list(rand) = temp
         Next
         Return list
     End Function
-    Public Shared Function GetCardImage(card) As Image
+    Public Shared Function GetCardImage(card As Tuple(Of String, String)) As Image
-        Dim num As String = card.split(" ")(0)
+        Dim suit As String = card.Item1
-        Dim suit As String = card.split(" ")(2)
+        Dim num As String = card.Item2
         Select Case num
             Case "K"
                 num = "king"

BlackjackGUI/game.vb

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
     Private player As Player
     Private dealer As Dealer
-    Private deck As New List(Of String)
+    Private deck As List(Of Tuple(Of String, String))
 
     Public Sub Start()
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         RaiseEvent ResetUI()
     End Sub
     Sub DealCard(playerDealt, Optional isDealer = False, Optional hide = False)
-        Dim card As String = deck(0)
+        Dim card As Tuple(Of String, String) = deck(0)
         playerDealt.hand.Add(card)
         deck.RemoveAt(0)
         GetTotal(playerDealt, hide)
@@ -44,15 +44,15 @@
         If hide Then
             Exit Sub
         End If
-        Dim cards As List(Of String) = playerToCheck.hand
+        Dim cards As List(Of Tuple(Of String, String)) = playerToCheck.hand
         If cards.Count = 0 Then
             playerToCheck.total = 0
             Return
         End If
         Dim total As Integer = 0
         Dim aceTotal As Integer = 0
-        For Each card As String In cards
+        For Each card In cards
-            Dim num As String = card.Split(" "c)(0)
+            Dim num As String = card.Item2
             If num = "K" Or num = "Q" Or num = "J" Then
                 num = 10
             End If
@@ -169,16 +169,16 @@
         End If
         Return "error"
     End Function
-    Function CreateDeck()
+    Function CreateDeck() As List(Of Tuple(Of String, String))
-        deck.Clear()
+        Dim response As New List(Of Tuple(Of String, String))
         Dim nums As String() = {"A", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "J", "Q", "K"}
         Dim suits As String() = {"Hearts", "Diamonds", "Spades", "Clubs"}
-        For Each s As String In suits
+        For Each suit As String In suits
-            For Each n As String In nums
+            For Each num As String In nums
-                deck.Add(n + " of " + s)
+                response.Add(Tuple.Create(suit, num))
             Next
         Next
-        Return Utilities.Shuffle(deck)
+        Return Utilities.Shuffle(response)
     End Function
 
 End Class

BlackjackGUI/player.vb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Public Class Player
-    Public Property hand As New List(Of String)
+    Public Property hand As New List(Of Tuple(Of String, String))
     Public Property total As Integer
     Public Property ingame As Boolean
     Public Property winType As WinCondition
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ Public Class Dealer
     Inherits Player
 
     Public Property limit As Integer = 17
-    Public Property hidden As String
+    Public Property hidden As Tuple(Of String, String)
 End Class