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    Angry stuck!

    I have tried all of the other posts on this forum, and none of them seem to work! All I want is a completely random number, one that will be different each time i run the program! is this possible in c++?

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    Dude, take five minutes to look in a book and it will tell you, its very simple.

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    You won't get a completely random number without a geiger counter. The best you can do with straight programming would be pseudorandom numbers, such as those created by the rand function in stdlib.h

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    Originally posted by Prelude
    You won't get a completely random number without a geiger counter.
    You mean I need some Uranium or something??

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    Uranium wont work, not enough randomness, try Plutonium instead :P.
    Signature is optional, I didnt opt for one.

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    I tried the one in tha faq! it just gives me the same number, over and over and over...

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    Code:
    #include <stdlib.h> //for rand
    #include <stdio.h> //for printf
    #include <time.h>   //for time
    
    int main(void)
    {
        srand(time(NULL));
        printf("A random number from 0 to 99: %d", rand() % 100);
        return 0;
    }
    Taken directly from the FAQ. This should produce another random number each time you run it.
    hth
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    Is there anyway to make it into an integer number, like
    int x=...and so on

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    Code:
    #include <stdlib.h> //for rand
    #include <iostream.h> //for I/O stuff
    #include <time.h>   //for time
    
    int main(void)
    {
        srand(time(NULL));
        int x = rand() % 100;
        cout << "x is a random number from 0 to 99"  << x << endl;
        return 0;
    }
    C++ version.

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