Pseudo-random number generation

 

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Pseudo-random number generation

rand

srand

RAND_MAX

 

Defined in header <stdlib.h>
rand	generates a pseudo-random number (function)
srand	seeds pseudo-random number generator (function)
RAND_MAX	maximum possible value generated by rand() (macro constant)

References

• C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):

• 7.22 General utilities <stdlib.h> (p: 340-360)

• C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):

• 7.20 General utilities <stdlib.h> (p: 306-324)

• C89/C90 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1990):

See also

C++ documentation for Pseudo-random number generation