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From: mcewan@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: Battleship source for Unix w/curses
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Date: Fri, 21-Mar-86 19:18:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 21 19:18:00 1986
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> My problem, however, is with the pattern that the ships are set up in.  
> The first time you play the game (every time you play it) the pattern that
> the ships are in is identical.

That's easy. Just insert a "srand(getpid());" somewhere in the beginning
of the program, before the first "rand" call.

			Scott McEwan
			{ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan

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