From: root AT delorie DOT com (Demandred)
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Subject: Re: Random interger numbers
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 00:11:53 GMT
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On 24 Mar 1998 04:31:32 GMT, "Nathan Cournia" <nac2b AT frank DOT mtsu DOT edu> was heard
to ramble:

>	How do I produce a random interger number between 0 and n.  Right now I'm
>using the following code:
>
>	return (((int)((double)rand()/(double)RAND_MAX))*n);
>
>	Unfortunately this equation always produces the result of 0.  What I need
>is a function that will act as a (n) sided dice.  Thanks for the help.
>

Try:

return (random()%n)+1;


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