From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: random number generator
Date: 09 Nov 2000 18:09:17 -0800
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"tritesnikov" <tritesnikov AT hotmail DOT com> writes:

> Ok, so I'm trying to create a program which uses a random number generator
> for dice.  When I seed the random number I use "
> 
> srand(time(0));
> a = rand() % 5;
> 
> This is more or less the standard way of doing a simple random number.  The
> problem is when I compile the program it gives me the error:
> 
> Error: implicit declaration of function 'int time(...)'
> 
> Does anyone know how to fix this?

#include <time.h>

"implicit declaration" means you used a function without declaring it,
which for standard functions usually means you forgot to include its
header.  The man page for each function will tell you what header it's
declared in.

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Nate Eldredge
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