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	initializes pseudo-random number generator (function)
RAND_MAX	maximum possible value generated by rand() (macro constant)