hi lo card game

I have a couple quick questions with the program that I am doing. This program is a hi\lo program and here are my remaining issues...

1. When I click the high or low button in my program it does not make changes to my token (I want the default tokens to be 100 and added 100 to the text property of my textbox so want to make sure I did that right)

2. In my program it only shows 13 possibilities but want to have the ability to add more

3. I also would like to change 1 to ace, 11 to jack, 12 to queen, and 13 to king and would like to get some assistance with that as well

I think I have everything else taken care of but this is the code I have...

Code:

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Public Class Form1

    Private randomgen As New Random
    Private cards As Integer
    Private cardpicked As Object
    Private clicked As Integer = 1
    Private used1, used2, used3, used4, used5, used6, used7, used8, used9, used10 As Integer
    Private myList As New List(Of Integer)

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

        For index As Integer = 1 To 13

            myList.Add(index)

        Next

        ShuffleCards(1000)

    End Sub

    Private Sub ShuffleCards(ByVal NumberOfTimes As Integer)

        Dim listIndex As Integer
        Dim output As String = ""
        Dim currentCard As Integer

        Try

            For index As Integer = 1 To NumberOfTimes
                listIndex = randomgen.Next(1, 14) - 1

                'Get a currentCard
                currentCard = myList.Item(listIndex)

                'Remove it at a RANDOM position.
                myList.RemoveAt(listIndex)

                'Add it back to the list at the end of the list.
                myList.Add(currentCard)

            Next

            For cardNumber As Integer = 1 To 13
                output &= myList(cardNumber - 1) & ControlChars.NewLine

            Next

        Catch

        End Try

        MessageBox.Show("Card Order is now" & ControlChars.NewLine & output)

    End Sub

    Private Sub PickCard()

        Dim cardNumber As Integer
        If myList.Count > 0 Then

            cardNumber = myList.Item(0)
            myList.RemoveAt(0)

        ElseIf myList.Count = 0 Then

            MessageBox.Show("No more cards left sorry!!")

            Exit Sub

        End If

        MessageBox.Show("CardNumber is now " & cardNumber)

        clicked = clicked + 1

    End Sub



    Private Sub cardCheckButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cardCheckButton.Click

        PickCard()

    End Sub


    Private Sub highButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles highButton.Click
        '  Dim cardNumber As Integer
        'If cardNumber >> cardpicked Then
        'tokensTextBox = 100 + 10

        'ElseIf cardNumber << cardpicked Then
        'tokensTextBox = 100 - 10

        'End If

    End Sub

    Private Sub tokensTextBox_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles tokensTextBox.TextChanged
        'START WITH 100 TOKENS

    End Sub

    Private Sub lowButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles lowButton.Click
        'Dim cardNumber As Integer
        'If cardNumber >> cardpicked Then
        '  tokensTextBox = tokensTextBox - 10

        'ElseIf cardNumber << cardpicked Then
        '  tokensTextBox = 100 + 10
    End Sub

    Private Sub quitButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles quitButton.Click
        Me.Close()
    End Sub
End Class

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made some changes but still not working if anyone can take a look

Code:

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Public Class Form1

    Private randomgen As New Random
    Private cards As Integer
    Private cardpicked As Object
    Private clicked As Integer = 1
    Private used1, used2, used3, used4, used5, used6, used7, used8, used9, used10 As Integer
    Private myList As New List(Of Integer)

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

        For index As Integer = 1 To 13

            myList.Add(index)

        Next

        ShuffleCards(1000)

    End Sub

    Private Sub ShuffleCards(ByVal NumberOfTimes As Integer)

        Dim listIndex As Integer
        Dim output As String = ""
        Dim currentCard As Integer

        Try

            For index As Integer = 1 To NumberOfTimes
                listIndex = randomgen.Next(1, 14) - 1

                'Get a currentCard
                currentCard = myList.Item(listIndex)

                'Remove it at a RANDOM position.
                myList.RemoveAt(listIndex)

                'Add it back to the list at the end of the list.
                myList.Add(currentCard)

            Next

            For cardNumber As Integer = 1 To 13
                output &= myList(cardNumber - 1) & ControlChars.NewLine

            Next

        Catch

        End Try

        MessageBox.Show("Card Order is now" & ControlChars.NewLine & output)

    End Sub

    Private Sub PickCard()

        Dim cardNumber As Integer
        If myList.Count > 0 Then

            cardNumber = myList.Item(0)
            myList.RemoveAt(0)

        ElseIf myList.Count = 0 Then

            MessageBox.Show("No more cards left sorry!!")

            Exit Sub

        End If

        'BEFORE OPENING THE PROGRAM THIS SHOWS THE ORDER OF THE CARDS
        MessageBox.Show("CardNumber is now " & cardNumber)

        clicked = clicked + 1

    End Sub



    Private Sub cardCheckButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cardCheckButton.Click

        PickCard()

    End Sub


    Private Sub highButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles highButton.Click
        Dim cardNumber As Integer
        If cardNumber > cardpicked Then
            tokensTextBox.Text = tokensTextBox.Text + tokensToBetTextBox.Text

        ElseIf cardNumber < cardpicked Then
            tokensTextBox.Text = tokensTextBox.Text - tokensToBetTextBox.Text

        End If

    End Sub

    Private Sub tokensTextBox_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles tokensTextBox.TextChanged
        'START WITH 100 TOKENS

    End Sub

    Private Sub lowButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles lowButton.Click
        Dim cardNumber As Integer
        If cardNumber > cardpicked Then
            tokensTextBox.Text = tokensTextBox.Text - tokensToBetTextBox.Text

        ElseIf cardNumber < cardpicked Then
            tokensTextBox.Text = tokensTextBox.Text + tokensToBetTextBox.Text

        End If
    End Sub

    Private Sub quitButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles quitButton.Click
        Me.Close()
    End Sub

    Private Sub QuitToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles QuitToolStripMenuItem.Click
        Me.Close()
    End Sub

    Private Sub tokensToBetTextBox_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles tokensToBetTextBox.TextChanged
        If Val(tokensToBetTextBox.Text) < 10 Then
            tokensToBetTextBox.Text = Val(tokensToBetTextBox.Text)
        End If
    End Sub
End Class

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What are the rules of Hi / Lo ? How do you play?

here are the instructions(I do not need images of the cards)

Higher or lower is played by shuffling the cards, and then dealing one card from the deck. The player then chooses whether the next card drawn from the deck
will be higher or lower than the first card drawn. It the player guesses correctly, they win. Otherwise they lose.
Your game should have the facilities to keep score in some manner – tokens tend to work well.
You should add embellishments to your program to make it attractive to potential players.
One decision you must make is when to deal the cards. The odds change based upon whether you deal prior to each game, or if you use the same deck for several hands of the game.

here are the instructions(I do not need images of the cards)

Higher or lower is played by shuffling the cards, and then dealing one card from the deck. The player then chooses whether the next card drawn from the deck
will be higher or lower than the first card drawn. It the player guesses correctly, they win. Otherwise they lose.
Your game should have the facilities to keep score in some manner – tokens tend to work well.
You should add embellishments to your program to make it attractive to potential players.
One decision you must make is when to deal the cards. The odds change based upon whether you deal prior to each game, or if you use the same deck for several hands of the game.
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Card ideas

Code:

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    Class tCard
        Public _rank As Ranks
        Public _suit As Suits
    End Class

    Dim deck As List(Of tCard)
    Dim PRNG As New Random

    Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
                              ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
        'shuffle new deck

        deck = New List(Of tCard)
        For Each s As Suits In [Enum].GetValues(GetType(Suits))
            For Each r As Ranks In [Enum].GetValues(GetType(Ranks))
                Dim foo As New tCard
                foo._rank = r
                foo._suit = s
                deck.Add(foo)
            Next
        Next
        deck = deck.OrderBy(Function(rn) PRNG.Next).ToList
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
                              ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click

        Dim c1 As tCard = GetCardFromDeck()
        Dim c2 As tCard = GetCardFromDeck()
        If c1._rank > c2._rank Then
            Stop
        ElseIf c1._rank < c2._rank Then
            Stop
        Else
            Stop
        End If
    End Sub

    Function GetCardFromDeck() As tCard
        If deck.Count = 0 Then
            'no more cards
            Throw New IndexOutOfRangeException("Deck Empty")
        End If
        Dim idx As Integer = PRNG.Next(deck.Count)
        Dim aCard As New tCard
        aCard = deck(idx)
        deck.RemoveAt(idx)
        Return aCard
    End Function



Public Enum Suits
    Spades
    Hearts
    Diamonds
    Clubs
End Enum

Public Enum Ranks
    Two
    Three
    Four
    Five
    Six
    Seven
    Eight
    Nine
    Ten
    Jack
    Queen
    King
    Ace
End Enum

Public Structure deckConstants
    Shared NumberOfSuits As Integer = [Enum].GetNames(GetType(Suits)).Length
    Shared NumberOfRanks As Integer = [Enum].GetNames(GetType(Ranks)).Length
End Structure

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So are you suggesting I disregard my entire code and use all the changes you made from the code you just posted(fyi that response did not mean any disrespect but over a forum and not face to face it may sound like it but thank you for your help)

I was just showing you a slightly different approach. You seem to have the basics down. If you disregard what I posted it will not bother me in the least. You won't be the first, you won't be the last. ;)

haha sounds good Ill plug in your code when I get home tonight and take a look. I do not see form1 but I am guessing it all goes in there