There are a number of ways of editing deal information. 1)If you have Internet Explorer, please visit entry.htm and its data file entry.js which can be edited (then saved, then 'entry.htm' relaunched and the latter's textbox contents copied and pasted into powerful new reference files) to create cross browser compatible hand records in html for posting/emailing.
2)If you don't have Internet Explorer, consider a full handTEMPLATE.htm address bar contents example: file:///C:/handStories/handTEMPLATE.htm#1z1cp1s2sfp2npp3sppp3030203230322130012131323121231031210312002101201023
which may be divided initially into two parts:
file:///C:/handStories/handTEMPLATE.htm
and
#1z1cp1s2sfp2npp3sppp3030203230322130012131323121231031210312002101201023 broken up as follows:
the "#" sign separates file name from data input (identifying the latter as an input)
the number between the "#" and the "z" is deal number ("1" here: For Board 1, Dealer North None Vulnerable)
the "z" precedes auction string (if any) and deal representation number
first following the "z", ending with 3 passes, is the auction string "1cp1s2sfp2npp3sppp"
c=clubs, d=diamonds,h=hearts,s=spades,x=double,r=redouble, p=pass,f=footnote
next (and last) is the deal representation number "3030203230322130012131323121231031210312002101201023"
deal representation number
The 52 digits of the drn, ranging in value from 0 to 3 (there are 13 of each), in combination with conventional allusion, describe the deal exactly.
Each digit and order in the string defines a card as belonging to North, West, East or South.
Since we read top to bottom, left to right, it seems logical to allocate 0, 1, 2 and 3 to the hands as they appear: North = 0, West = 1, East = 2 and South = 3.
In bridge, the highest ranking suit is spades. A suit's highest ranking card is the ace.
In the example number above, the first digit of the 52 digit string is "3", which indicates the
A is in hand 3 (South: as listed
above). The location of each of the remaining spades, in descending order, follows that first digit (the next twelve).
The 2nd digit of the 52 digit number is "0" indicating the
K
is North's. After all 13 spades are dealt with, the next highest ranking suit, hearts, is similarly dealt with in descending order of rank.
The 27th of the 52 digits, just over half way through the deck, is a "2" suggesting the
A is not of North (0), not of West
(1), clearly East's (2), and not South (3). Here is full deck above the 52 digit number of this example (with symbols and spacing added):
AKQJT98765432
AKQJT98765432
AKQJT98765432
AKQJT987654323030203230322 1300121313231
2123103121031 2002101201023