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From:	Francisco Javier Pena Pareja <i32japef AT sun630 DOT uco DOT es>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: random() and rand() question
Date:	Thu, 29 Aug 1996 09:58:44 +0200
Organization:	Centro Informatico Cientifico de Andalucia
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On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, J.J. Pierson wrote:

> Silly question... How would I go about getting a random number from say 1
> to a specified number?
> 

It's quite simple. Let's suppose you want to get a random number from 0 
to 255. Then:

	rand()%256

will do that. From 1 to 255?

	rand()%255 + 1




	

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