Thread: help improving code

the random number is always 41

Code:

//*last edited 5/27/2009
number guessing game
By CJ*/
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
      int a;//to declare a a random number
      a = rand();
      int x;// used to compare to a
      
      cout<<"welcome to the number guessing game\n";
      
      if ( a < 50 ) { //gives you details about what the number (a) is
           cout<<"the number is less than 50\n";
           }
      if ( a > 50 ) {
           cout<<"the number is greater than fifty\n";
           }
      if ( a == 50 ) {
           cout<<"the number is fifty\n";
           }
      if ( a > 0 ) {
         cout<<"the number is greater than 0\n";
         }
     
      while ( x != a ) {
      
      cout<<"What do you think the number is?\n";//gives x which is compared to a 
      cin>> x;
      cin.ignore();
      
      if ( x == a ) {
           cout<<"hey thats it!\n";
           }      
      if ( x > a ) {
           cout<<"your too high\n";
           }
      if ( x < a ) {
           cout<<"your to low\n";
           cout<< a <<endl;
           }
           }     
           cin.get();
}           
//end of program

Read about srand()

Specifically, do something like this ONCE at the start of main
srand( time(NULL) );