From: George Foot <mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: rand() or random()
Date: 5 Nov 1997 00:56:20 GMT
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Mark Phillips wrote:

] Just for the heck of it, say I want to get a random number from 0 to
] 19.  rand() and random() appear to return numbers from 0 to 2^31.  I
] could always do rand() * 20 / 2^31 but there must be a better way.

note: 2^31 does not mean 2 raised to the 31st power; it means 2
exclusive-ORed with 31, which is 29.

Ryan Blazecka wrote:

> How about rand() % 19?   :)

You meant `rand() % 20'.

Carolyn Kelly-Pajot wrote:

: if you want a number from 0-19, type
: int random_number = rand() % 20;
: This returns the REMAINDER from division by 20, which will be between 1 and 19
: inclusive.

... and you meant `between 0 and 19 inclusive'. :)

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