FAQ Randomize?????? (C++)

[Stealth]

Hello


I was wondering


how do I randomize a value, I need this to decide random outcomes (obviously) thanks for any help simple code will do me

cheers

stealth

[LlamaDolittle]

You can use the rand() function in cstdlib to get a random number.

It is used like this:

int x = rand() % 5; //x would be between 0 and 4

Before calling rand(), you should call srand() to seed the random number generator. You must always use a different number when calling srand(), the current time for instance, or else rand() will always give you the same numbers.

So you might want to do something like this:

#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int RandInt(int a,int b)
{
   return a + rand() % (b - a + 1);
}

void main()
{
   //Seed rand() with current time
   srand(unsigned(time(NULL)));
   //x will be between 2 and 10, inclusive
   int x = RandInt(2,10);
   cout<<x;
}

[kitten]

There is more information of randomizing in the FAQ.

[Stealth]

ok thanks for the help guys

cheers

stealth

[Unregistered]

I've tried doing random numbers using that same method and wanted to do random numbers between 1 and 100.

here are my results
2, 9,12,19,24, ..... etc, etc you get the idea I guess. There always increasing. Not really random. Is there anyway to get around this?

[HelloWorld]

Yea there is you could do this


random{int n ) {


static bool seeded = false; /* used to ensure seeding done just one */

int seed;


if(!seeded) {

cout <<"Enter a value to randomize a value" << endl;
cin>> seed;
cin.ignore(80,'\n');
srand(seed);
seeded = true;
}

* then you call your rand() */

[Rick]

cout <<"Enter a value to randomize a value" << endl;
cin>> seed;
cin.ignore(80,'\n');
srand(seed);
seeded = true;

don't work in a visual C++ Dialog window or what ever you want ever there called. And I don't really want to have to enter a value every time I run it. Is there anyother way to do what I want?

[LlamaDolittle]

If you want different seeds everytime you could use the current time. So you would do something like this:

#include <time.h>

srand(unsigned(time(NULL)));

Then you will get different numbers from rand() every time without having to specify a seed value.