Counting Bridge Hands

Assignment

You are to write a program that simulates the dealing of four thirteen-card hands from a shuffled deck. The program should then determine how many points each of the four hands is worth based on the following criteria:

Each Ace is worth 4 points.
Each King is worth 3 points.
Each Queen is worth 2 points.
Each Jack is worth 1 point.
A doubleton suit (exactly two cards in that suit) is worth 1 points.
A Singleton suit (exactly one card in that suit) is worth 2 points.
A void suit (no cards in the suit) is worth 3 points.

The program will deal 4 hands and neatly display them along with the associated point totals. It is customary for the four hands to be labeled "North", "East," "South," and "West." The program should also print whether each hand has an "opening bid". A hand may open if it meets the following two conditions:

The hand must have at least 13 points.
The hand must have either:

A suit with at least 5 cards.
A suit with 4 cards including at least one honor (Ace, King, Queen, or Jack).

Even more points can be obtained by actually having the computer simulate a complete game of bridge ;-).

The dealing of hands will be done either at random or from a deck supplied as an input file. Your program should begin by asking the user whether to use a random deck or one constructed from a file. If from a file, the user will be prompted for a file name from which to read the deck. The file will consist of number/character pairs indicating the cards. For example:

3 d
2 d
8 c
1 s
.
. 
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Note that the cards should be dealt from the deck one at a time to each hand. So each hand gets one card, then each hand gets a second card, etc.

Your program should be menu driven. When run, it presents the user with three options: Random deal, Read from file, or quit. If the user selects read from file, the program should then prompt for the name of the file containing the definition of the deck. After running the simulation, the program should return to the menu to allow another run.