How do I get random #s?

[John Hascall]

In article <16034 at tiger.oxy.edu> bagpiper at oxy.edu (Michael Paul Hunter) writes:
>In article <9570 at smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn at smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) writes:
>>In article <19415 at dhw68k.cts.com> tsource at dhw68k.cts.com (Aryeh Friedman) writes:
>>>	 I am new to C and I want to know how to get random numbers returned.

>>ANSI C requires rand() to be provided, but probably your best bet for
>>the time being is to provide your own generator.  For example:

>How about a quick hack at a random number generator that is
>kindof-fairly uniorm in [0, 1].  My quick answer is to scale
>rand...but that doesn't seem to be the best quick hack answer
>to me.

    rand() s*cks (at least in VMS C, I don't know about others),
    I always MTH$RANDOM() rather than rand() on VMS systems.

    "The Art of Computer Programming", Vol II, Chap 3 should be
    of use.

	
	John Hascall