From: "A. Sinan Unur" <sinan DOT unur AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Random Floats??
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 19:56:20 -0500
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Jaster wrote:
> 
> I was wondering how to return a random float.. rand() and random() do
> only int's as far as I know.. but I need some random floats...
> 
> float i
> 
> i = rand()%100  //this gives me an int..
> 
> can someone please give me a hand... thanks

#include <stdlib.h>

double my_drand(void)
{
 return rand()/(RAND_MAX+1.0)
}

please note that this is a basic C question and as such it is
inappropriate for c.o.m.d. give news:comp.lang.c or
news:comp.lang.c.moderated a try.

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