Date: Mon, 3 Jun 96 10:23:45 MDT
Message-Id: <9606031623.AA08525@rgfn.epcc.Edu>
From: ad327 AT rgfn DOT epcc DOT Edu (Matt W. Spencer)
To: halibut AT kuhub DOT cc DOT ukans DOT edu
Subject: Re: use of srand with djgpp?
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Reply-To: ad327 AT rgfn DOT epcc DOT Edu



>
>You'll have to forgive me if this question is too easy I'm a C
>beginner, but any it has to do with srand.
>
>To seed the random number table I always used srand(time(NULL)).
>I have both time.h and stdlib.h included. Djgpp refuses to accept
>this line of code. Is there any other way to do this?
>
>I download some programs hoping to find this answer but most
>of them had a randomize() function which Djgpp doesnt seem to touch
>and one of them even querried the user for the seed!

Try using:

srandom((unsigned)time(NULL));

That should work. randomize() is a Borland C function, I think.

Matt


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