I''m making a little dos poker game. I''m running into a problem with the function that determines if the hand is a winning hand or not, and what kind of win it is. My card class has data members that hold which suit and value the card is, so how do I make a function that will determine which kind of hand the player has. (IE: Royal Flush, Straight Flush, Four of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, Three of a Kind, Two Pair, Pair) I can check for the suits being equal to eachother easy enough, but when I try to find a way to determine how many seperate pairs there are, or how many of the same card are in each hand, I get some problems. Any help for this is appreciated =)

Yes, I understand the order and such to call those functions, but the problem is coming up with the algorithm that will detect pairs or the three/four of a kind.