Author: Sean Empey
Date: 17:11:00 07/26/04
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On July 22, 2004 at 16:45:29, Antonio Senatore wrote: > >Hi friends: > >I need to generate a random number between 0 and 100000. I'm using the following >formula: > >srand((unsigned)(double)time(NULL)); >random_number = (unsigned int) ((double) rand() / (double) RAND_MAX * 100000); > >However, the numbers that I obtain don't seem to be very aleatory that say; >please, could someone tell me what am I doing bad? > >Thanks in advance >Antonio Not sure how random of a number you need. Computers can never truely produce a random number, but look at the program yarrow. It was written by schneier and some other fellows for encryption. It can be found on counterpane.com -Sean
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