From: triquet AT fil DOT univ-lille1 DOT fr (triquet frederic)
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Subject: Re: Random numbers
Date: 30 May 1997 14:34:14 GMT
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In article <01bc6ce9$72076bc0$363e63c3 AT 8652hvt73761>, "Matthew Bennett" <Bennett AT btinternet DOT com> writes:
+->When using the 'random' command in the form:
+->printf("%d\n", random() & 10);
+->The numbers produced are always either 0, 2, 8 or 10. 

Hi,
if you want a random number bitween 0 and N-1 you should use:
random() % N     ( % is MODULO )

However, if N equals a power of 2  ( as 16, 128, 1024, etc... )
you can speed it up by using:    random() & (N-1)
but this works only if N is a power of 2.


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Frederic Triquet
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