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Re: random number generator oddity

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 22:39, Emily Smith <esmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Could anyone shed any light as to how 'rand' works and why it doesn't seem to truly generate a random number? Is there something wrong with the program that uses 'rand' to generate the random number?

Now, i'm no programmer and i think this post would be better suited
for the RPG list, but my guess would be that you forgot to seed the
prng using srand().

Quick google search revealed this post:
http://www.tylogix.com/Articles/Using%20C%20Functions%20in%20RPG.htm

Which might just be what you're looking for (it's specific to rand(),
even though the URL doesn't say so).

Regards,

Lukas


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