From: swarsmatt AT aol DOT com (SWars Matt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: How to limit a random() with DJGPP ?
Date: 6 Feb 1998 02:54:44 GMT
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>Hi ! I started coding some kind of game a few days ago, and was surprised by
>how easy it was to move from Turbo Pascal to C. Allegro is such a wonderful
>piece of code that everything is made easy, even for newcomers. In fact, all
>my problems come from DJGPP itself. And the most important one is that I
>can't find a way to call a limited random(). Was random(10) or anything else
>in Turbo Pascal... what about the same thing with DJGPP ? Thanks to anyone
>who could help me !
>
>   Hoi, JCx.
>   jicehix AT worldnet DOT fr
>
>P.S: if you answer to the group, please crossport an e-mail :)
>

I think rand() % 10 would do what your looking for - % is the modulus operator,
so it limits a result to that range. I'm not sure this is 'the best' way to do
it, but it should work.