random()

[Shao Zhang]

Reply-To: 
Hi,
        I have some trouble to generate a random number. Please help.
        I use the current time for the seed:

        unsigned int gen_magic()
        {
                time_t  cur;
                char    *cur_time;

                time(&cur);
                cur_time = ctime(&cur);

                srandom((unsigned int) (atol(cur_time)));

                return random();
        }

        But everytime this function gets called, it is always return the same 
number:

        +------------+
        | number     |
        +------------+
        | 1362961854 |
        | 1362961854 |
        | 1362961854 |
        | 1362961854 |
        | 1362961854 |
        | 1362961854 |
        | 1362961854 |
        +------------+

        There must be a better way to do this. Please tell me...

        Thanks.

Shao.


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