Generates a pseudorandom number. A more secure version is available, see rand_s.
int rand( void );
rand returns a pseudorandom number, as described above. There is no error return.
The rand function returns a pseudorandom integer in the range 0 to RAND_MAX (32767). Use the srand function to seed the pseudorandom-number generator before calling rand.
rand
<stdlib.h>
ANSI, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003
For additional compatibility information, see Compatibility in the Introduction.
// crt_rand.c // This program seeds the random-number generator // with the time, then exercises the rand function. // #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <time.h> void SimpleRandDemo( int n ) { // Print n random numbers. int i; for( i = 0; i < n; i++ ) printf( " %6d\n", rand() ); } void RangedRandDemo( int range_min, int range_max, int n ) { // Generate random numbers in the half-closed interval // [range_min, range_max). In other words, // range_min <= random number < range_max int i; for ( i = 0; i < n; i++ ) { int u = (double)rand() / (RAND_MAX + 1) * (range_max - range_min) + range_min; printf( " %6d\n", u); } } int main( void ) { // Seed the random-number generator with the current time so that // the numbers will be different every time we run. srand( (unsigned)time( NULL ) ); SimpleRandDemo( 10 ); printf("\n"); RangedRandDemo( -100, 100, 10 ); }
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System::Random Class