From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Random Numbers
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 19:03:06 -0500
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Tim Elliott wrote:
> 
> How do I get a random number in DJGPP like say a random number between 1 to 100?

Read the libc docs:  "info libc alpha random"... "info libc alpha
srandom".

Remember that DJGPP != Borland; you must seed the random number
generator yourself, and random() returns a value from 0 to MAXINT that
you must clip to the desired range.  Sample code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>

int main( void )
{
    int i;
    srandom( (int) time( NULL ) );
    for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ )
        printf( "%3d ", random( ) % 100 + 1 );
    printf( "\n" );
    return 0;
}

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