Thread: On the wrong track for a Function Prototype

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    Mohammed
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    On the wrong track for a Function Prototype

    I have started to work on this, but I am not sure if I am on the right track.

    Entering the function prototype and the function to generate a random number. The function will accept two integer arguments and return a random number between those two values (inclusive). For example, if the two argument values passed to the function are 1 and 10, the function will return a random integer number in the range of 1 to 10. From the main function, prompt the user for the two numbers, call the function, and display the random number.

    So far I have done this:

    #include <iostream>
    #include <ctime>

    int main(void)
    {
    int i;
    srand(time(NULL));
    i = rand();
    std::cout <<" random number is " <<i <<std::endl;
    std::cout <<" generate random numbers from 0 to 10"

    return(0);
    }


    If someone can please look and see where I need get this right.

    Thanks

    Mohammed

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    simply put, rand() returns some crazy number between 0 and something like the amount of time that has passed since the birth of unix...

    youre not going to get the number you want unless you modulus your rand()

    i = ( rand() % 10 ) + 1 // returns a random between 1 and 10
    I came up with a cool phrase to put down here, but i forgot it...

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    Perhaps the f.a.q. button at the top of the page should be much larger and flashing red.

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