From:	"Andrew Hurrell" <andrew AT acoustics DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: Random Number?
Date:	7 Jan 2000 17:04:11 GMT
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Nick Haines <nick DOT haines AT msfc DOT nasa DOT gov> wrote in article
<855200$31$1 AT hammer DOT msfc DOT nasa DOT gov>...
> How do you generate a random # in djgpp?  (Yes I'm a newbie)  Thanks for
any
> help you can give.
> 

If you #include <math.h> you will then be able to use the rand() or srand()
functions
(NB srand() allows you to seed the random number generator)

When you link don't forget to use the -lm switch to include the maths lib.

Andrew

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