Shao Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Reply-To:
> Hi,
> I have some trouble to generate a random number. Please help.
> I use the current time for the seed:
Why not:
unsigned int gen_magic()
{
srandom(time(0));
return random();
}
?
> unsigned int gen_magic()
> {
> time_t cur;
> char *cur_time;
>
> time(&cur);
> cur_time = ctime(&cur);
>
> srandom((unsigned int) (atol(cur_time)));
>
> return random();
> }
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