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Subject: Re: Random Numbers
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Date: 2 Mar 91 06:21:17 GMT
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>How can I get a random number on on DOS machines?  Seeding the random
># generator with the system clock seemed like a good idea, but not all
>machines have clocks.  Here is what I am doing now.
>srand( (unsigned int) time(theTime))
>Then I successively call rand() to get my random #.
>Anyone have a better idea?
>-Mike

One technique is to use as a seed the time it takes for a user to
hit a key at a prompt, in sufficently small time units.  Or run a
keyboard polling routine, and use the loop variable.

Rob.