I need a little help with my BlackJack program

[jfeldman]

I am a little confused with how to get this method to determine what the best choice is for the number of aces that should be counted as 1 or 11. I will post the method and the code so you can run it. Any help is greatly appreciated

public static int weHaveAces(int player[], int deal[])
{
	int plyttl = 0;

	for(int x = 0; x < player.length - 1;x++)

		{
			plyttl += player[x];
			System.out.println(plyttl);
		}
		int bestttl = plyttl;
	for(int z = 0; z <= player[2];z++)
		{
			//System.out.println(( plyttl - (10*z)));
			//System.out.println(21 - plyttl);
			while((21 - ( plyttl - 10*z)) < 21 - plyttl)
			{

				bestttl = (plyttl - 10*z);
				//System.out.println(bestttl);
				//System.out.println("test"+ z);
			}
		}


Whole Code:

/*Jordan Feldman
Pitt BlackJack
4/5/2010*/

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

class BlackJack
{
public static void main(String args[])
	{
		int playerCard1 = 0, playerCard2 = 0, dealerCard1 = 0, dealerCard2 = 0, playerAces = 0, dealerAces = 0;

		int[] playerCards =  new int [3];// Creates an int array with 3 positions

		makeDeck(playerCards);

		playerCard1 = playerCards[0];
		playerCard2 = playerCards[1];
		playerAces = playerCards[2];

		int[] dealerCards =  new int [3];// Creates an int array with 3 positions

		makeDeck(dealerCards);

		dealerCard1 = dealerCards[0];
		dealerCard2 = dealerCards[1];
		dealerAces = dealerCards[2];


		printMethod(playerCards,dealerCards);
		firstLogic(playerCards,dealerCards);

	}

public static void makeDeck(int cards[])
	{
		int y = 0;

		for(int x = 0;x < 2; x++)
		{
		cards[x] = 1;//(int)(Math.random()* 13 +1); //Generates a random value between 1-13
		if (cards[x] == 11 || cards[x] == 12 || cards[x] == 13)
			{
				cards[x] = 10;
			}
		else if (cards[x] == 1)
		{
			cards[x] = 11;
			++y;

		}
	}
		cards[2] = y;
		//System.out.println(cards[2]);
	}
public static void printMethod(int playerCards[], int dealerCards[])
	{
		String name;

		int x = playerCards[0];
		int y = playerCards[1];
		int playerTotal = x + y;

		System.out.println("Welcome to the River's Casino!");
		name = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What is your name?");
		System.out.println("Let's play BlackJack " + name + ".\n");

		System.out.println("The dealer:\n? + "+ dealerCards[1] + "\n");

		System.out.println("You:\n" + playerCards[0] + " + " + playerCards[1] + " = " + playerTotal);
		int plyttl = weHaveAces(playerCards,dealerCards);
		System.out.println("Your best choice is " + plyttl);

	}
public static void firstLogic(int player[], int dealer[])
	{
		int acecnt;
		if(dealer[2] >= 1 || player[2] >= 1)
		{
			// weHaveAces(player,dealer);
		}
		else
		{
			noAces(player,dealer);
		}
	}
public static int weHaveAces(int player[], int deal[])
{
	int plyttl = 0;

	for(int x = 0; x < player.length - 1;x++)

		{
			plyttl += player[x];
			System.out.println(plyttl);
		}
		int bestttl = plyttl;
	for(int z = 0; z <= player[2];z++)
		{
			//System.out.println(( plyttl - (10*z)));
			//System.out.println(21 - plyttl);
			while((21 - ( plyttl - 10*z)) < 21 - plyttl)
			{

				bestttl = (plyttl - 10*z);
				//System.out.println(bestttl);
				//System.out.println("test"+ z);
			}
		}

	return bestttl;

}



public static void noAces(int ply[], int deal[])
{

}


}

[jkmyoung]

I would:
1. Have a flag that says whether you have an ace or not.
2. Count the aces as 1 to the total.
3. When you display the total,
- Check if you have an ace
- Check if the total is < 11.
If so, add 10 to the 'displayed' total.