Date:	Mon, 1 Feb 1999 13:06:58 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Rehammar <rehammar AT telia DOT com>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: random
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On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Rehammar wrote:

> a=range*(float)random()/(float)RAND_MAX;
> 
> but I didn't likt the way of doing it, is there no other way ??

The other way is to say "random()%(range - 1)" (assuming `range' is an 
int),  but that might yield less random results, as lower bits returned 
by RNGs are usually not-so-random.

What's wrong with what you did in the first place, anyway?

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