int random(int) is that a function in teh cstdlib?

[lotrsimp12345]

IT is defined in the back of my book but can't be found in my program.

[csurfer]

You haven got anything such as int random(int); .

For generation of random numbers you have got the function rand which is of the format int rand(void); .Defined in cstdlib.You will get more information in this <link>.

[lotrsimp12345]

but i want it to be between 2 numbers. can i change rand_max number?

[lotrsimp12345]

would i have to overload the function?

[Salem]

http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/smartfaq.cgi?answer=1042005782&id=1043284385

[csurfer]

Or a brute force approach would be something like this :

int total;//this holds the number of random numbers to be generated
//Assume you want to generate random numbers between 50 and 70
int cnt=0;//This hold the number of random numbers already generated.
while(cnt<total)
{
//Generate the random number between 1 and 70 say number is rnum
while(rnum<50) 
{
    //generate rnum again
}
cnt++;
}