[RayW]

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been trying to get Ray's code to work as part of my Msc project (very useful!)
but am failing horribly.
wirth a few subtle modifications to get it to run on visual studio 2005 i got the HandRankSetup to work fine.

Getting Card IDs!
ID - 612976
Setting HandRanks!
ID - 612976
Number IDs = 612977
maxHR = 32487833
Training seconds = 61.54

BAD!! = 0
High Card = 23294460
Pair = 58627800
Two Pair = 31433400
Three of a Kind = 6461620
Straight = 6180020
Flush = 4047644
Full House = 3473184
Four of a Kind = 224848
Straight Flush = 41584
Total Hands = 133784560

Validation seconds = 0.6250
Total HighPrecision Clocks = 2225124
HighPrecision clocks per lookup = 0.016632


however, i cannot get TestHandRank to run properly.
i've converted:

FILE * fin = fopen("..\\HandRanks.dat", "rb");

to

FILE * fin;
fopen_s(&fin,"..\\HandRanks.dat", "rb");

but this just doesnt find the file (in the same directory)
so i change the ..\\ to .\\ and i get:


BAD!! = 133784560
High Card = 0
Pair = 0
Two Pair = 0
Three of a Kind = 0
Straight = 0
Flush = 0
Full House = 0
Four of a Kind = 0
Straight Flush = 0
Total Hands = 133784560

Validation seconds = 0.5000
Total HighPrecision Clocks = 1787357
HighPrecision clocks per lookup = 0.013360

which is just entirely confusing.
any ideas anyone?

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Well, by the looks of it you have the hard part done. I use the VS2005 myself, so you shouldn't have too much trouble. Obviously it can't find the file... Perhaps if you look to see where it is on your hard drive and point to it directly. instead of the :
FILE * fin = fopen("..\\HandRanks.dat", "rb");
use:
FILE * fin = fopen("c:\\directory\\path\\you\\founditin\\HandRa nks.dat", "rb");
if (!fin) printf("I Missed it Again!!"); // if you see this message, you still aren't opening the file!

Have a Great Day!!
Ray...