Hand Parameter

The Hand parameter allows you to quickly deal a hand of cards from one or multiple decks.

$p=hand(number of cards,number of decks)

Examples:

$p=hand()                $p will be a random hand of five cards from one deck.

$p=hand(7)                $p will be a random hand of seven cards from one deck.

$p=hand(12,2)                $p will be a random hand of twelve cards from two decks (so there can be repeat cards).

Using Hand Parameters

If you just use the parameter $p, you will have the full list of the cards in your hand inserted into your equation. Normally, you will instead use references to the individual cards.

$p[1] and $p[2] are the first two cards in the hand.