From:	"Winston Kotzan" <WINZ AT prodigy DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Random number
Date:	Sun, 19 Sep 1999 11:13:35 -0500
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Sorry, I forgot to tell you that you need to initiate the random number
seed.

Use the srand() function to do that.  It's described at
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc-2.02/libc_630.html

You need to enter a different number in srand each time to generate a new
random number.  Usually, they use the system's clock value.  Sorry, but I'm
not sure about much more of it, because I haven't really used the random
functions for a while.

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