[gameprogrammer] Re: Random Integer Problem :(

Sahan Chandrasekara wrote:
I'm trying to use this code to generate a random number between 1 and six inclusive:

int random_int() {
    srand(time(NULL));

Only call srand() once in your program, not every time you want a random number. This seeds the pseudorandom number generator with 'random' data (the time in seconds), and you only need to do that once.

    int random_num=rand()%7;
    return random_num;


You want this instead:

random_num = rand() % 6 + 1;

}

But it dosen't work. My program is programmed to quit immediantly if the number is not between 1 and six inclusive, and that is what it does

number % x will give you a number between 0 and (x - 1), that's why you add 1 to the results before returning it.

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