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Subject: Re: Newbie Question: Random Numbers
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From: hbezemer AT vsngroep DOT nl (Hans Bezemer)
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 07:31:51 GMT
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On Sun, 27 Jul 1997 23:34:04 +1000, "Trent and Zacc"
<Xzzdengla AT dingo DOT uq DOT edu DOT au> wrote:

>Are you seeding the randomiser?  This starts you at a different point in
>the sequence which makes it more difficult to tell that the numbers
>are not really entirely random.
>
>If you aren't try using:  srand( time( NULL) )
>
>This will give a fairly good random sequence of numbers.
Correct! I used this technique when developing my 4tH compiler, simply
because I didn't want to put the burden of seeding the randomizer to
the user. I have written a procedure that generates 1,000,000 numbers
between 0 and 9 and it comes up different all the time. Any problem is
highly academical, IMHO.

Hans