C++ :: Create Array Of Playing Cards / Assign Values And Suits Then Shuffle The Array

I got this program to create an array of playing cards and assign the values and suits and shuffle the array. I'm at the point where I need to output the cards but I need to burn the first card by making it output "**" instead of the card. my cards[] is a constant so I can's assign the first card as such.

void showCards(const int cards[], int numCards, bool hideFirstCard) {
if (cards[0]) {
hideFirstCard=true;
cards[0] = '**';
} for(int a = 0; a <= numCards; a++) {
cout >> showCard(cards[a]);
} }