Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 12:11:36 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: random number generator
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> From: "tritesnikov" <tritesnikov AT hotmail DOT com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 01:41:58 GMT
> 
> srand(time(0));
> a = rand() % 5;
> 
> This is more or less the standard way of doing a simple random number.

FYI, section 22.23 of the DJGPP FAQ list explains why the above is a
bad idea, and how to do this better.