Message-ID: <018801bfc877$2a916ba0$0100a8c0@ivan> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Grzegorz_Pato=B3a?= To: References: <392CB951 DOT 34B432E6 AT chemistry DOT uq DOT edu DOT au> Subject: Odp: Random numbers Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 00:31:55 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2417.2000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Chris Miller wrote: > If RAND_MAX is set to 100, then a call to rand() should return an > integer between 0 and 100. However, on my computer, a call to rand() > generates a number between what appears to be hundreds of millions and > 0, even with RAND_MAX set to 100. You can try sth like this: int lotto; lotto = rand() % 100; of course if you want to get numbers between 0 and 100... ________________________________________ Grzegorz Patola email: ivan AT zeus DOT polsl DOT gliwice DOT pl Alternative email: gpatola AT lemon DOT ia DOT polsl DOT gliwice DOT pl ICQ# 1448779