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From: "S. M. Halloran" <mitch AT duzen DOT com DOT tr>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 14:47:23 +0200
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Subject: Re: What does "srand" and "srandom" do?
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On  6 Mar 98 Ahn Ki-yung was found to have commented thusly:

> I wonder what does these libc functions do ?
> In the libc reference info file there are 3 random functions.
> They are rand, random, srandom.
> The function "rand(unsigned int)" is not found but there is a prototype
> in "stdlib.h"
> 

If you have access to the web (hopefully you do), go to 
www.delorie.com and look for something that points you to searching 
the "Mail Archives".  This subject must have been brought up 2-3 
times in the last couple of months, and I rather think qualifies it 
as a FAQ.  It almost certainly a FAQ in the comp.lang.c newsgroup, as 
I recall, and this is really a better place for this question, where 
you will undoubtedly find the most authoritative answer.



Mitch Halloran
Research (Bio)chemist
Duzen Laboratories Group
Ankara   TURKEY
mitch AT duzen DOT com DOT tr

other job title:  Sequoia's (dob 12-20-95) daddy