Re: Positive random number

pete said:

Johannes Bauer wrote:

Keith Thompson schrieb:
Jack Klein <jackklein@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:43:10 -0800 (PST), deepak
<deepakpjose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in comp.lang.c:
Can someone give the standard function which can create positive
integer value in C?
Other's have talked about "rand()",
but I don't see anything in your
post that requires it.
[...]

The subject was "Positive random number". That information should
have been in the body of the original post.

Th return value of rand isn't guaranteed to be positive.

Nor is it guaranteed to be random.

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