import collections from random import choice Card = collections.namedtuple('Card', ['rank', 'suit']) class FrenchDeck: ranks = [str(n) for n in range(2, 11)] + list('JQKA') suits = 'spades diamonds clubs hearts'.split() def __init__(self): self._card = [Card(rank, suit) for rank in self.ranks for suit in self.suits] def __len__(self): return len(self._card) def __getitem__(self, item): return self._card[item] @property def card(self): return self._card deck = FrenchDeck() print(len(deck)) # sorted def spade_high(card): rank_value = FrenchDeck.ranks.index(card.rank) return rank_value * len(suit_values) + suit_values[card.suit] suit_values = dict(spades=3, hearts=2, diamonds=1, clubs=0) for card in sorted(deck, key=spade_high): print(card)