From:	Jason Cain <jcain AT SPAM DOT ti DOT com DOT SUCKS>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Random numbers in a certain range?
Date:	Fri, 22 May 1998 16:26:38 -0500
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Hello, 

I'm trying to find a way to generate random numbers within a given
range.  I want to generate a series of random points to draw on the
screen, and so in my case I need to generate random numbers from 0...640
and 0...480.  The way I understand it, the rand() function returns an
integer between 0 and the largest integer available on the system. 
Clearly most of these numbers will be too big for my purposes.  Any
suggestions?  Is there a function for this already, or will I have to
write my own?

Thanks in advance,

Jason Cain

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