class Card(object):
    suitList = ("Clubs","Diamonds","Hearts","Spades")
    rankList = ("narf","Ace","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10","Jack","Queen","King")

    def __init__(self, suit = 0, rank = 2):
        self.suit = suit
        self.rank = rank
    def __str__ (self):
        return"%s of %s" % (self.rankList[self.rank], self.suitList[self.suit])
    # override built-in compare function:
    def __cmp__(self, other):
        # use if instead of if...elif..else
        if self.suit > other.suit: return 1
        if self.suit < other.suit: return -1

        if self.rank == 1 and other.rank != 1: return 1
        if self.rank != 1 and other.rank == 1: return -1
        if self.rank > other.rank: return 1
        if self.rank < otehr.rank: return -1

        return 0

# test code
card1 = Card(0, 12)
card2 = Card(1, 2)
print card1.cmp(card2)

print card1.__cmp__(card2)