Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 10:58:37 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Mark Haase <savar AT mindspring DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Newbie questions...
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On 3 Aug 1998, Mark Haase wrote:

> Second, how come both rand() and random() generate the same numbers again
> and again.. I can't find any sort of seed function to fix this. Is there
> one or am i using it wrong?

Use `srand' and `srandom', respectively, to seed `rand' and `random'. The 
usual practice is to seed them with the value returned by "time(0)".