To randomize without having to enter a seed each time, we may use a statement like
srand( static_cast<unsigned int>( time( 0 ) ) );
This causes the computer to read its clock to obtain the value for the seed. Function time (with the argument 0
as written in the preceding statement) typically returns the current time as the number of seconds since January 1, 1970, at midnight Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). This value (which is of type time_t
) is converted to an unsigned int
and used as the seed to the random number generator—the static_cast
in the preceding statement eliminates a compiler warning that’s issued if you pass a time_t
value to a function that expects an unsigned int
. The function prototype for time
is in <ctime>
.
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