class Card(object):
  """ a playing card """
  VALUES = ["Ace", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7",
            "8", "9", "10", "Jack", "Queen", "King"]
  SUITS = ["Clubs", "Diamonds", "Hearts", "Spades"]

  def __init__(self, value, suit):
    self.value = value
    self.suit = suit

  def __str__(self):
    s = "<"
    s += self.value + " of " + self.suit
    s += ">"
    return s

class Hand(object):
  """ a hand of playing card objects """
  def __init__(self):
    self.cards = []

  def add(self, card):
    self.cards.append(card)

  def discard(self, card):
    if card in self.cards:
      self.cards.remove(card)

  def __str__(self):
    if self.cards:
      s = ""
      for card in self.cards:
        s += str(card) + " "
    else:
      s = "<empty>"
    return s

  def clear(self):
    self.cards = []


class Deck(Hand):
  """ a deck of playing cards """
  def reset(self):
    self.clear()
    for suit in Card.SUITS:
      for value in Card.VALUES:
        self.add(Card(value, suit))

  def shuffle(self):
    import random
    random.shuffle(self.cards)

  def deal(self, hands, cards_per_hand = 1):
    for rounds in range(cards_per_hand):
      for hand in hands:
        if self.cards:
          c = self.cards[0]
          self.discard(c)
          hand.add(c)
        else:
          print "No more cards!"




print Card.VALUES
print Card.VALUES[2]

c1 = Card("Ace", "Clubs")
# Card.__init__(c1, "Ace", "Clubs")
print c1

c2 = Card("2", "Clubs")
c3 = Card("8", "Diamonds")

h1 = Hand()
print h1
h1.add(c1)
h1.add(c2)
h1.add(c3)
print h1
h1.discard(c2)
print h1
h1.discard( Card("8", "Diamonds") )
print h1

deck = Deck()
deck.reset()
print deck
deck.shuffle()
print deck
h1 = Hand()
h2 = Hand()
h3 = Hand()
hands = [h1, h2, h3]
deck.deal(hands, cards_per_hand = 2)
print deck
print h1
print h2
print h3