From: "A. Sinan Unur" <sinan DOT unur AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: random numbers?
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 19:31:08 -0500
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Jeff W./DMT wrote:
> 
> how do I get a random number from 0 to N in DJGPP?  I tried looking
> up: random, srandom, and rand but none seem to help.  SRand says it
> returns a number from 0 to RAND_MAX, and random returns a numbre from
> 0 to MAX_INT.  Neither is what I'm looking for.  Thanks for your help.

(int)( N*( ((double)rand())/RAND_MAX )

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