From 657e0ea6a8e059430dd0f7e9782a0ac37bfa39b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Donald Calloway <donaldcalloway@hey.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:58:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed Card class to convert rank attribute to convert
 range(2, 11) in VALID_RANKS to strings

---
 Gin_Rummy_Card_Game.py | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Gin_Rummy_Card_Game.py b/Gin_Rummy_Card_Game.py
index 3796407..56355f7 100644
--- a/Gin_Rummy_Card_Game.py
+++ b/Gin_Rummy_Card_Game.py
@@ -8,11 +8,18 @@ RANK_ORDER = {str(n): n for n in range(2, 11)}
 RANK_ORDER.update({"A": 1, "J": 11, "Q": 12, "K": 13})
 
 # Card, Deck, DiscardPile, Hand, Player, Game classes   
+
+VALID_RANKS = [str(n) for n in range(2, 11)] + ["J", "Q", "K", "A"] 
+
 class Card:
     suits = ['♠', '♥', '♦', '♣']
-    ranks = list(range(1, 11)) + ['J', 'Q', 'K']
-    
+    ranks = VALID_RANKS
     def __init__(self, rank, suit):
+        rank = str(rank)
+        if rank not in VALID_RANKS:
+            raise ValueError(f"Invalid rank: {rank}")
+        if suit not in self.suits:
+            raise ValueError(f"Invalid suit: {suit}")
         self.rank = rank
         self.suit = suit