Thread: Random Number Generator Always Generates 0 First

I'm writing a program which generates every number from 0 to 53 in a random order without repeats (shuffling and dealing a full card deck). Every time I run the program, however, it always generates 0 as the first number. Here's my code:

Code:

void DealCards()
{
	int RandNum;
	bool Dealt[54];
	int i;
	PlayerTypes ePlayer = (PlayerTypes)((Dealer + 1) % 4);
	GamePlayers* pPlayer;
	
	for (i = 0; i < 54; i++)
	{
		Dealt[i] = false;
	}

	for (i = 0; i < 54; i++)
	{
		RandNum = ((float)rand()/(RAND_MAX + 1)) * 54;
		pPlayer = GetPlayer(ePlayer);

		if (Dealt[RandNum])
		{
			i--;
		}
		else
		{
			for (int j = 0; j < 14; j++)
			{
				if (pPlayer->Hand[j] == -1)
				{
					pPlayer->Hand[j] = (CardTypes)RandNum;
					break;
				}
			}

			Dealt[RandNum] = true;
			ePlayer = (PlayerTypes)((ePlayer + 1) % 4);
		}
	}
}

Any idea what's going on?

Originally Posted by Salem

Did you call srand() at the start of main() ?

Whoops, no. Thanks for the help.

Originally Posted by Salem

Not to mention that there are 52 cards in a deck, not 54.

There are 54 with Jokers.