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From: Alistair Phillips <p9205755 AT student DOT anu DOT edu DOT au>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Help: Using the clock to seed srand()
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 17:50:11 +1000
Organization: Australian National University
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Hi there,

I'm having some trouble using the PC clock to seed srand()

I have declared clock as

unsigned int clock = (unsigned int *)0x0000046CL;

then I call it

srand(*clock);

it compiles and links OK but when I run it I get a huge error message

Can anyone please help me
Alistair Phillips
a DOT phillips AT student DOT anu DOT edu DOT au

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