Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 21:36:40 -0500 (EST) From: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Random Numbers Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902162134210.809-100000@foobar.hyperhost.net>
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In this the best way to get a number from one to ten in C:
#include <stdlib.h>
randn(float value) {
value = random() * value / 2147483648.0;
return(value);
}
n = randn(10.0) + 1
printf("%i", n);
I realize it's platform dependent. Is there a better way?
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