random numbers in a C shell script?

[Longshot]

In article <1501 at cmx.npac.syr.edu> gefuchs at logiclab.cis.syr.edu (Gill E. Fuchs) writes:
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-Bon Jorno net,
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-how would one go about getting a random numba in a C shell script?
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-muchas randomas gracias

No way that I could find. I wrote this tiny prg to allow me to do it:


#include <stdio.h>
/*
	Return a random number between 1 and the argument given.
*/
main(argc,argv)
register int argc;
register char **argv;
{
	int i;
	long time(),random();

	srandom(time(0));
	i = atoi(*++argv);
	i = ((int)random() >> 4) % i;
	printf("%d\n",++i);
}

I use it to randomly select a .signature when I log in.

Randy
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