Message-ID: <34D50550.48ED@quantum.de>
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 00:29:20 +0100
From: Tom Chojnacki <chojnack AT quantum DOT de>
Reply-To: chojnack AT quantum DOT de
Organization: Quantum Software GmbH, Dortmund, Germany
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: random number in range
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Hi!

A little problem:
how can I get random number from a given range.
Is the following solution efficient or maybe there is any ready-made
function ?

long rnd(long low, long high)
{
long r;

  srandom((int)time(0));
  while (((r = random()) < low) || (r > high))
    ;
  return r;
}