Positive random number

[deepak]

Hi,

Can someone give the standard function which can create positive
integer value in C?

Thanks,
Deepak

[Richard Heathfield]

deepak said:

Hi,

Can someone give the standard function which can create positive
integer value in C?

What does your textbook say about the generation of random numbers?

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[santosh]

deepak wrote:

Hi,

Can someone give the standard function which can create positive
integer value in C?

Thanks,
Deepak

Look-up rand.

[divyank.rastogi]

On Dec 18, 4:27 am, santosh <santosh....@gm ail.comwrote:

deepak wrote:

Hi,

Can someone give the standard function which can create positive
integer value in C?

Thanks,
Deepak

Look-up rand.

You may want to man for rand series entirely; e.g. you may want to use
srand, and seed it with something like your system time to generate
random sequences, etc.

:D

[Tor Rustad]

deepak wrote:

Hi,

Can someone give the standard function which can create positive
integer value in C?

There is no standard C function that creates numbers out of nothing.

If you are rather looking for a pseudo-random generator, see the C FAQ.

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[Jack Klein]

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:43:10 -0800 (PST), deepak
<de*********@gm ail.comwrote in comp.lang.c:

Hi,

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. Here's a function guaranteed to meet the
requirement you asked for in the body of your message:

int create_positive _integer_value_ in_C(void)
{
return 42;
}

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[Keith Thompson]

Jack Klein <ja*******@spam cop.netwrites:

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:43:10 -0800 (PST), deepak
<de*********@gm ail.comwrote 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.

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[jaysome]

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:30:18 -0600, Jack Klein <ja*******@spam cop.net>
wrote:

>On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:43:10 -0800 (PST), deepak
<de*********@g mail.comwrote in comp.lang.c:

>Hi,

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. Here's a function guaranteed to meet the
requirement you asked for in the body of your message:

int create_positive _integer_value_ in_C(void)
{
return 42;
}

Definitely *not* guaranteed.

In C99, section 5.2.4.1 Translation limits:

"The implementation shall be able to translate and execute at least
one program that contains at least one instance of every one of the
following limits:

....

31 significant initial characters in an external identifier..."

The identifier "create_positiv e_integer_value _in_C" is an external
identifier with 34 characters, and thus exceeds the minimum number of
characters *guaranteed* to be accepted by the standard. In C90, the
minimum was a paltry six characters.

Now, an identifier such as "create_positiv e_int_value_in_ C" (30
characters) is acceptable in C99, but not necessarily in C90, though
arguably it is acceptable in most--if not all--C90 compilers in the
real world (for that matter, so is
"create_positiv e_integer_value _in_C" :^)

--
jay

[santosh]

jaysome wrote:

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:30:18 -0600, Jack Klein <ja*******@spam cop.net>
wrote:

>>On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:43:10 -0800 (PST), deepak
<de*********@ gmail.comwrote in comp.lang.c:

>>Hi,

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. Here's a function guaranteed to meet the
requirement you asked for in the body of your message:

int create_positive _integer_value_ in_C(void)
{
return 42;
}

Definitely *not* guaranteed.

In C99, section 5.2.4.1 Translation limits:

"The implementation shall be able to translate and execute at least
one program that contains at least one instance of every one of the
following limits:

...

31 significant initial characters in an external identifier..."

The identifier "create_positiv e_integer_value _in_C" is an external
identifier with 34 characters, and thus exceeds the minimum number of
characters *guaranteed* to be accepted by the standard. In C90, the
minimum was a paltry six characters.

What part of "31 significant initial characters" did you not understand.
Jack's function name will only cause problems if he happened to have
defined another identifier with the same sequence of 31 initial
characters.

[Joachim Schmitz]

"santosh" <sa*********@gm ail.comschrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:fk******** **@registered.m otzarella.org.. .

jaysome wrote:

>On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:30:18 -0600, Jack Klein <ja*******@spam cop.net>
wrote:

>>>On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:43:10 -0800 (PST), deepak
<de********* @gmail.comwrote in comp.lang.c:

Hi,

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. Here's a function guaranteed to meet the
requiremen t you asked for in the body of your message:

int create_positive _integer_value_ in_C(void)
{
return 42;
}

Definitely *not* guaranteed.

In C99, section 5.2.4.1 Translation limits:

"The implementation shall be able to translate and execute at least
one program that contains at least one instance of every one of the
following limits:

...

31 significant initial characters in an external identifier..."

The identifier "create_positiv e_integer_value _in_C" is an external
identifier with 34 characters, and thus exceeds the minimum number of
characters *guaranteed* to be accepted by the standard. In C90, the
minimum was a paltry six characters.

What part of "31 significant initial characters" did you not understand.
Jack's function name will only cause problems if he happened to have
defined another identifier with the same sequence of 31 initial
characters.

What part of "Definitely *not* guaranteed" didn't you understand? 8-))

Bye, Jojo