Best way to represent game card class in C#

Question

I use class Card which contains 2 enumerated properties (suite - hearts diamonds spades and clubs) and card value from 2 to A. And overrides ToString() method to returns something like Ah Ad etc. All ok, but enum value can't starts with number, therefore my card value enumerated looks like x2, x3, x4 ... it is not beautiful.

Also need simple approach to parse few cards from single string.

Who know the best approach to design this class?

Answer 1

Couldn't you assign Jack, Queen, King, and Ace to be 11, 12, 13, and 14, respectively? It'd end up looking something like:

public class Card
{
    public int Value { get; private set; }
    public enum SuitType
    {
        Clubs, Spades, Hearts, Diamonds
    }
    public SuitType Suit { get; private set; }
    public Card(int value, SuitType suit)
    {
        Suit = suit;
        Value = value;
    }
    public Card(string input)
    {
        if (input == null || input.Length < 2 || input.Length > 2)
            throw new ArgumentException();
        switch (input[0])
        {
            case 'C': case 'c':
                Suit = SuitType.Clubs;
                break;
            case 'S': case 's':
                Suit = SuitType.Spades;
                break;
            case 'H': case 'h':
                Suit = SuitType.Hearts;
                break;
            case 'D': case 'd':
                Suit = SuitType.Diamonds;
                break;
            default:
                throw new ArgumentException();
        }
        int uncheckedValue = (int)input[1];
        if (uncheckedValue > 14 || uncheckedValue < 1)
            throw new ArgumentException();
        Value = uncheckedValue;
    }
    public string encode()
    {
        string encodedCard = "";
        switch (Suit)
        {
            case SuitType.Clubs:
                encodedCard += 'c';
                break;
            case SuitType.Spades:
                encodedCard += 's';
                break;
            case SuitType.Hearts:
                encodedCard += 'h';
                break;
            case SuitType.Diamonds:
                encodedCard += 'd';
                break;
        }
        encodedCard += (char) Value;
        return encodedCard;
    }
    public override string ToString()
    {
        string output = "";
        if (Value > 10)
        {
            switch (Value)
            {
                case 11:
                    output += "Jack";
                    break;
                case 12:
                    output += "Queen";
                    break;
                case 13:
                    output += "King";
                    break;
                case 14:
                    output += "Ace";
                    break;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            output += Value;
        }
        output += " of " + System.Enum.GetName(typeof(SuitType), Suit);
        return output;
    }
}

Edit: I added some string functionality. I took structure of Card(string input) from Jon Hanna's answer.