Subj : Re: combo numbering
To   : comp.programming
From : Roger Willcocks
Date : Fri Oct 07 2005 10:25 am


<bob@coolgroups.com> wrote in message 
news:1128626578.563773.50340@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> If you have 52 cards and you choose 7, there are 133,784,560
> possibilities.
>
> So, let's say you have 7 playing cards. Is there an easy way to convert
> these cards into a number between 0 and 133,784,559?
>

http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/manual/gsl-ref_10.html

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