From:	Andrew Crabtree <andrewc AT typhoon DOT rose DOT hp DOT com>
Message-Id:	<199705301905.AA173899113@typhoon.rose.hp.com>
Subject:	Re: Random numbers
To:	Bennett AT btinternet DOT com (Matthew Bennett)
Date:	Fri, 30 May 1997 12:05:12 PDT
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To:	<01bc6ce9$72076bc0$363e63c3@8652hvt73761>; from "Matthew Bennett" at May 30, 97 11:09 am

> printf("%d\n", random() & 10);
                       ^^^^^^^

You are specifying a bitwise AND here.  This is equivalent
to a modula for numbers that are 2^n -1, but not in your case.
The simplest way to get what you want is to do

randowm() % 10.

Note that this can bias some numbers.  Check the mail archives for
details on getting more 'random' random numbers.  Past 3 months
should do it.

Andrew

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