random()

[Shao Zhang <shao@cia.com.au>]

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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