From: Damian Yerrick <DELCAPSyerricde AT pineight DOT 8mSOFTWARE DOT com>
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Subject: Re: rand and random
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On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 18:30:03 -0700,
"Al Morgan" <muaddib AT proaxis DOT com> wrote:

> How does one use the rand(), and random() functions?

Read the libc docs.

But I know you're busy:

rand() will give a number between 0 and 32,767.
Call srand(time(NULL)) beforehand.
But don't use rand() for AI in video games with prerecorded demos; the
pseudorandom sequence is implementation defined.

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