macOS C++ Random Number

[ghall]

I'm writing a program that requires a random action, and I've found a way to do it, which is assign a random number from 0 to 9 to 'x', and then create some 'if' and 'if else' commands using the value of 'x' as a guard.

I looked up 'rand', and I really don't understand how to use it.

 

[ukneeq]

I'm writing a program that requires a random action, and I've found a way to do it, which is assign a random number from 0 to 9 to 'x', and then create some 'if' and 'if else' commands using the value of 'x' as a guard.

I looked up 'rand', and I really don't understand how to use it.

Here is a link to a good reference:
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstdlib/rand.html

but basically you just set the variable to rand() % 10. The number you use the modulo with is the values you want to get a random number from. So in your case you would just have

x = rand() % 10;

 

[ghall]

Here is a link to a good reference:
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstdlib/rand.html

but basically you just set the variable to rand() % 10. The number you use the modulo with is the values you want to get a random number from. So in your case you would just have

x = rand() % 10;

Yay, thanks!

 

[ghall]

Okay new problem. It keeps returning the same number.

Here's my code:

#include <stdio.h>	
#include <stdlib.h>
int main()


{
	int libchoose = rand() % 10;
	
	
	if (libchoose==0){
		char verbpt[50];
		char adj[50];
		char verb[50];
		char noun[50];
		char verb2[50];
	
		printf ("Verb, Present Tense: ");
		scanf ("%s", verbpt);
		printf ("Adjective: ");
		scanf ("%s", adj);
		printf ("Verb: ");
		scanf ("%s", verb);
		printf ("Noun: ");
		scanf ("%s", noun);
		printf ("Verb: ");
		scanf ("%s", verb2);
	
		//"Flying is easy. You just have to throw yourself at the ground and miss"-Douglas Adams
		printf ("%s is %s. You just %s yourself at the %s and %s.", verbpt, adj, verb, noun, verb2);
	}
	
	else if (libchoose==1){
		
		//"I must say[verb] I find television[noun] very educational[adj]. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library[noun2] and read a good[adj2] book[noun3]."-Groucho Marx
		char noun[50];
		char adj[50];
		char noun2[50];
		char adj2[50];
		char noun3[50];
		

		printf ("Noun: ");
		scanf ("%s", noun);
		printf ("Adjective: ");
		scanf ("%s", adj);
		printf ("Noun: ");
		scanf ("%s", noun2);
		printf ("Adjective: ");
		scanf ("%s", adj2);
		printf ("Noun: ");
		scanf ("%s", noun3);
		
		printf ("I must say I find %s very %s. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the %s and read a %s %s", noun, adj, noun2, adj2, noun3);
		
	
	}
	else{
		printf ("Puzzle %d is not a valid puzzle.\n", libchoose);
	}
	
}

 

[Eraserhead]

random() is a better algorithm than rand() its more random, you seed it with srandomdev()

 

[ghall]

random() is a better algorithm than rand() its more random, you seed it with srandomdev()

What does seeding mean?

 

[Eraserhead]

What does seeding mean?

It seeds the random number with the date, so you don't get the same sequence of random numbers each time .