Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20010430141203.01659b48@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 14:13:08 -0400 To: HRahman10@aol.com From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Random Number Generator Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com In-Reply-To: <32.143dcec3.281efce6@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 01:37 PM 4/30/2001, you wrote: >Hi!, I'm writing a program using the random number genrator rand() defined in . I've written the following program to test it: > > > >void main() >{ > int input1, i; > > srand(time(NULL)); > > for (i=0; i<20 ; i++) > { > input1 = rand() * 10 / (RAND_MAX + 1); > printf("random numbers %i\n",input1); > > } >} > > >BUT, the results I get are all zeros. Is there something wrong with the gcc compiler provided by cygwin, because I've tested this program at university, and it outputs random numbers correctly. > >Please Help! > >Thank You! Try the latest snapshot at www.cygwin.com. Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple