From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: rand and random
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 23:26:06 -0700
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Damian Yerrick wrote:
> 
> 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.
                                          ^^^^^^
2147483647 (i.e. largest possible int) is the correct number for DJGPP's
rand().  For portability, use the macro RAND_MAX.

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Nate Eldredge
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