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From: | Tim Hesketh <T DOT Hesketh AT unsw DOT edu DOT au> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: How to get a good value for srand? |
Date: | 20 Jun 1996 22:54:09 GMT |
Organization: | University of New South Wales |
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Message-ID: | <4qckqh$7l@mirv.unsw.edu.au> |
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NNTP-Posting-Host: | timh.ee.unsw.edu.au |
To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
nkopp AT grfn DOT org (Nathan Kopp) wrote: > > > How do I get a good value for srand()??? Timer functions like rawclock() > are no good because they are always zero the first time you call them. > Any help? > > > Nathan Kopp > (Impulse) ----- snip ----- A standard seed for random numbers is the number of seconds since 0:0:0 1/1/1970. Look in sys/timeb.h for ideas about getting it. Tim Hesketh t DOT hesketh AT unsw DOT edu DOT au
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