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Re: Random no. problem



You can find Pseudo Random Generator in GSL [the GNU Scientific Library]
and some documentation as well.

saurabh deshpande wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I have a C program which uses the standard library random no. generator
> rand() and srand() for initialisation. The program  gives consistent answer
> when compiled using "gcc" on Sun Solaris or SGI Irix 6.4 .
> When i run the code on Windows NT 4 using Cygnus gcc compiler , a different
> set of random numbers are generated giving entirely different answer.
> 
> Here is the  code:
> 
> #include <stdlib.h>
> main(){
> 
>         srand(1);
>         printf("%i",rand());
> 
> }
> When compiled on Sun Solaris or SGI Irix 6.4 using gcc compier i get 16838.
> When compiled on Windows NT 4 using Cygnus gcc compiler i get 1103527590.
> Is there a way i can get the same random numbers on Windows NT 4 and
> Sun/SGI ?
> 
> thanks,
> Saurabh
> 
> 
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