let suits = ["hearts", "spades", "clubs", "diamonds"]; function pickCard(x: {suit: string; card: number; }[]): number; function pickCard(x: number): {suit: string; card: number; }; function pickCard(x): any { // Check to see if we're working with an object/array // if so, they gave us the deck and we'll pick the card if (typeof x == "object") { let pickedCard = Math.floor(Math.random() * x.length); return pickedCard; } // Otherwise just let them pick the card else if (typeof x == "number") { let pickedSuit = Math.floor(x / 13); return { suit: suits[pickedSuit], card: x % 13 }; } } let myDeck = [{suit:"diamonds",card:2},{suit:"spades",card:10},{suit:"hearts",card:4}]; let pickedCard1 = myDeck[pickCard(myDeck)]; alert("card: " + pickedCard1.card + " of " + pickedCard1.suit); let pickedCard2 = pickCard(15); alert("card: " + pickedCard2.card + " of " + pickedCard2.suit);