isNaN() https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/isNaN Conditional (ternary) operator https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Conditional_Operator const app = function () { const game = {}; const suits = ["spades", "hearts", "clubs", "diams"]; const ranks = ["A", 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, "J", "Q", "K"]; function init() { console.log('init ready'); buildGameBoard(); buildDeck(); } function buildDeck() { game.deck = []; for (let i = 0; i < suits.length; i++) { for (let j = 0; j < ranks.length; j++) { let card = {}; let tempValue = isNaN(ranks[j]) ? 10 : ranks[j]; tempValue = (ranks[j] == "A") ? 11 : tempValue; card.suit = suits[i]; card.rank = ranks[j]; card.value = tempValue; //console.log(suits[i],ranks[j],tempValue); game.deck.push(card); } } console.log(game.deck); } function buildGameBoard() { game.main = document.querySelector('#game'); console.log(game); game.scoreboard = document.createElement('div'); game.scoreboard.textContent = "Dealer 0 vs Player 0"; game.scoreboard.style.fontSize = "2em"; game.main.append(game.scoreboard); game.table = document.createElement('div'); game.dealer = document.createElement('div'); game.dealerCards = document.createElement('div'); game.dealerCards.textContent = "DEALER CARD"; game.dealerScore = document.createElement('div'); game.dealerScore.textContent = "-"; game.dealerScore.classList.add('score'); game.dealer.append(game.dealerScore); game.table.append(game.dealer); game.dealer.append(game.dealerCards); game.player = document.createElement('div'); game.playerCards = document.createElement('div'); game.playerCards.textContent = "PLAYER CARD"; game.playerScore = document.createElement('div'); game.playerScore.textContent = "-"; game.playerScore.classList.add('score'); game.player.append(game.playerScore); game.table.append(game.player); game.player.append(game.playerCards); game.dashboard = document.createElement('div'); game.status = document.createElement('div'); game.status.classList.add('message'); game.status.textContent = "Message for Player"; game.dashboard.append(game.status); game.btnDeal = document.createElement('button'); game.btnDeal.textContent = "DEAL"; game.btnDeal.classList.add('btn'); game.dashboard.append(game.btnDeal); game.btnHit = document.createElement('button'); game.btnHit.textContent = "HIT"; game.btnHit.classList.add('btn'); game.dashboard.append(game.btnHit); game.btnStand = document.createElement('button'); game.btnStand.textContent = "STAND"; game.btnStand.classList.add('btn'); game.dashboard.append(game.btnStand); game.playerCash = document.createElement('div'); game.playerCash.classList.add('message'); game.playerCash.textContent = "Player Cash $100"; game.dashboard.append(game.playerCash); game.inputBet = document.createElement('input'); game.inputBet.setAttribute('type', 'number'); game.inputBet.style.width = "4em"; game.inputBet.style.fontSize = "1.4em"; game.inputBet.style.marginTop = "1em"; game.inputBet.value = 0; game.dashboard.append(game.inputBet); game.betButton = document.createElement('button'); game.betButton.textContent = "Bet Amount"; game.betButton.classList.add('btn'); game.dashboard.append(game.betButton); game.table.append(game.dashboard); game.main.append(game.table); } return { init: init } }();