Listing out combinations and extracting data from the list
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011 7:31 PM
Hello all,
I am trying to create a list of combinations. I am using this for analyzing the game of poker. I am looking to get the combinations of 5 cards from a deck of 52 cards. In my excel 2010, I know I can use the formula =combin(52,5) to come up with the correct answer of 2,598,960 combinations. Note that I use "combin" instead of "permut" because the order doesn't matter, just the end result.
Now, the question is, is there a way to list out all 2,598,960 combinations? For instance on one sheet, in each cell, list a different combination. Such as: 5d 6c 9h Ah As (the number or capital letter being the rank and the lower-case letter being suit)
THEN, once I can get excel to list out all of the 2,598,960 combinations, I need to extract data from the list by filtering it out into hands that are of a specific rank. Such as two pair, flush, full house, etc. (in the 5d 6c 9h Ah As example, it would be listed as a pair of Aces)
How can this be done? Thanks in advance.
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Friday, January 14, 2011 6:40 PMI am still looking for a possible solution. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Saturday, January 15, 2011 1:14 AMExcel 2010 Tables
List all 792 hands of a 12 card deck.
Some macros cribbed.
No filtering attempted.
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Monday, January 17, 2011 8:58 PMThat isn't what I am looking for. Or at least, I haven't figured out how I can transform it to make it useful for what I am looking for.
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