Uhm, so hello! We have this project in our CS course that states that we have to generate our own Bingo Game program, we can use help or we can let a person/people work on it as long as we can understand it. But I chose the latter part of doing it with my partner, but by just asking for help. So here it is, I have this code for generating a card in a bingo game. It has a range, e.g. (B=1-15, I=16=30.....) until O that's until the number 75 only. It's already fixed, the only problem is that when I generate a number in the column B, and the other columns as well, the numbers are repeating. I've spent a day to 3 thinking and experimenting on my program, but still it repeats the number on a column! Uhh, can you guys help me with these? I'm a beginner, thank you! I also tried putting it in variables, and validating it one-by-one, but still it doesn't work. :(
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#include<iostream>
#include<ctime>
#include<conio.h>
using namespace std;
void main()
{

    int num[5][5],row,col,a,b,c,d,e;
    int ask;

    srand(time(NULL));

    do{

        system("cls");
            cout<<"\n\n\t\t\t\t    BINGO GAME"<<endl;

        for(row=0;row<5;row++)
        for(col=0;col<5;col++)
            num[row][col]=rand()%100;

        cout<<"\n\n\tB\t\tI\t\tN\t\tG\t\tO"<<endl;
        cout<<"\n\n";

            for(row=0;row<5;row++)
            {                    
                for(col=0;col<5;col++)
                    {                   
                        if(col==0)
                            {
                                num[row][col]=rand()%15;

                                    if(row==0)
                                        a=num[row][col];
                                    else if(row==1)
                                        b=num[row][col];
                                    else if(row==2)
                                        c=num[row][col];
                                    else if(row==3)
                                        d=num[row][col];
                                    else if(row==4)
                                        e=num[row][col];                            
                            }

                        else if(col==1)
                        { 
                            num[row][col]=rand()%30;

                            do{
                                if(num[row][col]<=15)
                                {
                                    num[row][col]=num[row][col]+30;
                                }
                                else if(num[row][col]>=31)
                                {
                                    num[row][col]=num[row][col]-1;
                                }
                            }while((num[row][col]<=15)&&(num[row][col]>=31));

                        }
                        else if(col==2)
                        { num[row][col]=rand()%15;
                        do{
                            if(num[row][col]<=30)
                            {
                                num[row][col]=num[row][col]+45;
                            }
                            else if(num[row][col]>=46)
                            {
                                num[row][col]=num[row][col]-1;
                            }
                        }
                            while((num[row][col]<=30)&&(num[row][col]>=46));

                        }


                        else if(col==3)
                        { num[row][col]=rand()%15;
                            do{
                            if(num[row][col]<=45)
                            {
                                num[row][col]=num[row][col]+60;
                            }
                            else if(num[row][col]>=61)
                            {
                                num[row][col]=num[row][col]-1;
                            }
                        }
                            while((num[row][col]<=45)&&(num[row][col]>=61));
                        }
                        else if(col==4)
                        { num[row][col]=rand()%15;
                            do{
                            if(num[row][col]<=60)
                            {
                                num[row][col]=num[row][col]+60;
                            }
                            else if(num[row][col]>=91)
                            {
                                num[row][col]=num[row][col]-1;
                            }
                        }
                            while((num[row][col]<=60)&&(num[row][col]>=76));
                        }

                    if((row==2)&&(col==2))
                            cout<<"\tFREE\t";
                        else
                            cout<<"\t"<<num[row][col]<<"\t";

                    }
                    cout<<"\n";
            }

            {
                cout<<"\n\n\tIs this the card you want to use? [0 for no only.] : ";
                cin>>ask;
            }

    }
            while(ask!=0);

}

If I understand what you're saying, your problem is that when you generate random numbers, sometimes you generate a number you have already used?

So keep a record of all the numbers already used, and when you generate one, only use it if you haven't already used that number.

commented: Yes! That's it. I tried validating it one by one as well, as I've stored the generated random number in a variable. D: +0

Its to difficult

commented: Yes, it is. I've tried to figure this out for 4 days now. :( +0

Have you tried making a list of all the numbers used so far, and then when you get the next number, looking at the list to see if you've already used that one?

commented: Yes! :( +0
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