From: Hawk AT DarkSoft DOT Net (^Hawk^)
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Subject: Re: (char) rand(); !?
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 20:39:08 +0200
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On Thu, 15 Apr 1999 14:34:09 -0400, "Marp" <Marp AT 0 DOT 0 DOT 0 DOT 0> wrote:

>> Why does "dont_care[0]=(char) rand();" give me always the same output
>> and how can I get _really_ random results !?
>You must seed the rand() function at the start of your program to get
>different results each time. At the start of your program put srand(time(0))
>You only need to have these functions called once. Read the documentation on
>rand() and srand() in libc.inf.
Great! Thanks alot! :-)

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