From: "A. Sinan Unur" <sinan DOT unur AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: random number in range
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 1998 19:48:37 -0500
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Tom Chojnacki wrote:
> 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;
> }

(long)((high-low)*(((double)rand())/(RAND_MAX+1.0))+ (double) low)

incidentally, seeding the random number generator before each call would
result in _LESS_ "randomness" rather than more. seed it once.
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