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From: "Norberto Alfredo Bensa" <ceo AT nbensacomputers DOT com>
To: "DJGPP" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: small problem with namegenerator.
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 19:10:57 -0300
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From: "neohashi" <Neohashi AT mail DOT tele DOT dk>
> Hi to all,
>
> I am trying to make a random name generator, but thou they are random, all
> 2000 names ends up the same... what is wrong here??
>
> [snip]
>
>  char *n1,*n2,*n3,finalname[11];
>
>  for(n=0;n<2000;n++)
>  {
>       ran = (random()%10);
>
>       if(ran <= 5)
>          n2 = "ka";
>       else
>          n2 = "cona";
>

bug, should be:

if (ran <= 5)
    n1="ka";
else
    n1 = "cona";


Anyway, you'll only get 8 diffrent names... 2^3 = 8...

Regards,
Norberto