From: Edward Hill <edward_hill AT gec DOT nospam DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: rand() function
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 15:19:02 -0800
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Martin Stromberg wrote:
: 
: FireFoX McLouD (firefox AT cryogen DOT com) wrote:
: : How can I redefine the RAND_MAX parameter to use rand() with low
: : numbers?
: 
: You can't; it's not there to change.


try 
 int random;
 random = (int)((double)rand() / ((double)RAND_MAX + 1) * N)

will give a random number from 0 - N
don't forget to set the seed though.

Ed Hill