I keep getting this error when trying to compile
ErrorCode:int gen_rand(void) { int n; n = random(100); /* n is random number in range of 0 - 99 */ return(n); }
Code:numguessgame.c: In function ‘gen_rand’: numguessgame.c:53: error: too many arguments to function ‘random’
Have you included <stdlib.h>?
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And change random(100) to rand() % 100, or some other way to reduce the range.
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thanks, it is now compiling, and generating a num, but its the same number everytime
I think you need to seed it with srandom();
You can do this with time for example like this
Code:srandom((unsigned)time(NULL));
srand(), not srandom(). More generally, read Prelude's article on Using rand().
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Why not srandom()? The random() man page seem to suggest that srandom goes with random.
random() and srandom() are non-standard.
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Ok, but random is what is used in the code example though.
That is true, and looking at the error message again, I see that it was declared, so it is possible that ~C_Student~ is using the random() that you have in mind and thus srandom() would be appropriate, but we cannot tell from the given information.
Basically, if you are trying to use a function outside of the C standard library, then you should state what exactly it is that you are trying to use.
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