From:	David Jenkins <me AT jenkinsdavid DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Help: Using the clock to seed srand()
Date:	Tue, 22 Apr 1997 10:51:54 +0100
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In article <335C6DB3 DOT 39D AT student DOT anu DOT edu DOT au>, Alistair Phillips
<p9205755 AT student DOT anu DOT edu DOT au> writes
>Hi there,
>
>I'm having some trouble using the PC clock to seed srand()
>
>I have declared clock as
>
>unsigned int clock = (unsigned int *)0x0000046CL;
>
>then I call it
>
>srand(*clock);
>
>it compiles and links OK but when I run it I get a huge error message
>
>Can anyone please help me
>Alistair Phillips
>a DOT phillips AT student DOT anu DOT edu DOT au
I just use 

srand(time(0));

Is this wrong???

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