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From: cnc@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Chris Christensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Lightspeed C bug?
Message-ID: <870081@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Date: 22 Dec 87 17:12:36 GMT
Organization: HP Design Tech Center - Santa Clara, CA
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I have been having a real head-scratcher problem with Lightspeed C.

I am trying to generate random numbers from 0 to 7.

I use

#define ABS(x) (((x) < 0) ? -(x) : (x))
x = ABS(Random()) % 8;

I get random numbers from -7 to 7

I use

x = Random();
x = ABS(x);
x %= 8;

I get the desired range.

This is the define for Absolut that I have always used. Why doesn't this work?
Am I being bitten by a "one pass" compiler bug?

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