From: gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: not so random numbers Date: 23 Feb 1997 22:07:55 GMT Organization: Oxford University Lines: 15 Message-ID: <5eqf3r$893@news.ox.ac.uk> References: <856730848 DOT 1887 DOT 0 AT slicksoft DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: mc31.merton.ox.ac.uk To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp steve wilcox (stewilcox AT slicksoft DOT demon DOT co DOT uk) wrote: : hi im having probs creating random numbers in djgpp i have made a : define like so : : #define randomize() srand((unsigned)time(NULL)) : and im my code i call randomize() first but i still dont get random : numbers using x = random()%100; : anyone know whats wrong ? Try using srandom instead of srand. -- George Foot Merton College, Oxford.