Generating all 5 card poker hands

Question

This problem sounds simple at first glance, but turns out to be a lot more complicated than it seems. It\'s got me stumped for the moment.

There are 52c5 = 2,598,960

Answer 1

Generating equivalence classes for 5 card hands is not an easy task. When I need this I usually use the http://www.vpgenius.com/ webpage. At http://www.vpgenius.com/video-poker/games/ you can choose which variety of poker game you need, and in the "Programming tab" you have an section on "Unique Suit Patterns". So just copying that and loading into program might be easier than trying to generate your own.