Xref: news2.mv.net comp.os.msdos.djgpp:4625 From: Tom Wheeley Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Beginners srand error Date: Tue, 04 Jun 96 23:08:32 GMT Organization: City Zen FM Lines: 30 Message-ID: <833929712snz@tsys.demon.co.uk> References: <199606041116 DOT HAA03721 AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us> Reply-To: tomw AT tsys DOT demon DOT co DOT uk To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp In article <199606041116 DOT HAA03721 AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us> fredex AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us writes: > Sure. Because this is C, not C++. In C declarations must be placed > at the top of a block, not just anywhere at random. Try changing it > to look like: > > void main() > { > int num; > srand(time(NULL)); > } Don't look like C to me. Try int main() or just main() You don't even have to return anything, but you should really. ..splitbung -- * TQ 1.0 * The 'Just So Quotes'. 'My Country right or wrong' is like saying 'My Mother drunk or sober.' " -- G. K. Chesterton