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From: | David Jenkins <me AT jenkinsdavid DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: Help: Using the clock to seed srand() |
Date: | Tue, 22 Apr 1997 10:51:54 +0100 |
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References: | <335C6DB3 DOT 39D AT student DOT anu DOT edu DOT au> |
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In article <335C6DB3 DOT 39D AT student DOT anu DOT edu DOT au>, Alistair Phillips <p9205755 AT student DOT anu DOT edu DOT au> writes >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 I just use srand(time(0)); Is this wrong??? -- http://www.jenkinsdavid.demon.co.uk for Newbie C programmers and a larf. ;-) David Jenkins
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