Drawing Multiple Cards

Video Summary: https://youtu.be/-DYxlhEPhqg

Consider this solution to a previous exercise, which generated a number between 1 and 13 and placed it in a box:

In this exercise, ask the user how many cards they would like to draw, and use a for loop to draw that amount. Make sure the user isn't just drawing the same card multiple times. Assume the user will always enter an integer.

When you are finished, your output might look like this:

How many cards would you like to draw?
3
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|     |
|  10 |
|     |
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|     |
|  9  |
|     |
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|     |
|  11 |
|     |
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Solution

/*
file name: drawcards.cpp
author: Devon Blewett
purpose: This program prompts the user for an amount of cards, then generates a random number between 1 and 13 and places it in a box to represent a card for as many cards as entered

Written for the Open Textbooks program
*/

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <time.h>

using namespace std;

int main() {
    // draw a card between 1 and 13
    srand(time(NULL));
    int card;
    // amount of cards to draw
    int amount;

cout << "How many cards would you like to draw?" << endl;
    cin >> amount;

for(int i = 0; i < amount; i++){
        card = rand() % 13 + 1;
    // create the top line of dashes
        cout << setfill('-') << setw(7) << "" << endl;
    // create 2nd row, empty
        cout << "|" << setfill(' ') << setw(6) << "|" << endl;
    // put number in third row, left aligned to prevent card from breaking if double digit card drawn
        cout << "|  " << setw(2) << left << card  << " |" << endl;
    // create 4th row, reset align to right
        cout << "|" << right << setw(6) << "|" << endl;
    // craete bottom row of dashes
        cout << setfill('-') << setw(7) << "" << endl;
    }
    return 0;
}

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