C++ poker program

Hi.

I suggest creating an Array of Cards (cardOne,cardTwo,etc. to five)

If you can enter them in one at a time, after declaring the array, assign the values to the array.

cin < cardOne; (Psuedo code by the way, hope you don't mind)

Afterwards, you'll have an array with 5 cards.

Declare what full houses, flushes, etc would require.
Use an if statement (If you don't mind lots of code) to compare the entered Array against possible hands.

I didn't necessarily give you any specific C++ code. However, if you Google C++ user input, you should find plenty of commands that may help you.

Good Luck

(And not sure about Linear search to be honest, you can use a Linear search, but if you did it the way I explained, you just have to compare hand to a series of conditionals.)

If it is a command line programme then give them key words to use like ACE, TWO, JACK etc and of course HEARTS, CLUBS, DIAMONDS, SPADES

For the Ace, Two, Three etc assign the corresponding numeric value = Ace will have the values 1 and 11

Then parse the results to determine the hand the user has in put - remembering some hands are like 10 high and rubbish like that!

Have fun!