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From: Tim Hesketh <T DOT Hesketh AT unsw DOT edu DOT au>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: How to get a good value for srand?
Date: 20 Jun 1996 22:54:09 GMT
Organization: University of New South Wales
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nkopp AT grfn DOT org (Nathan Kopp) wrote:
>
> 
> How do I get a good value for srand()???  Timer functions like rawclock() 
> are no good because they are always zero the first time you call them.  
> Any help?
> 
> 
> 					Nathan Kopp
> 					(Impulse)
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A standard seed for random numbers is the number of seconds since
0:0:0 1/1/1970. Look in sys/timeb.h for ideas about getting it.

Tim Hesketh
t DOT hesketh AT unsw DOT edu DOT au