C++ generating random numbers

Question

My output is 20 random 1\'s, not between 10 and 1, can anyone explain why this is happening?

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Answer 1

It is one of the simplest logics, got it from a blog. in this logic you can limit the random numbers with that given modulus(%) operator inside the for loop, its just a copy and paste from that blog, but any way check it out:

// random numbers generation in C++ using builtin functions
#include 

using namespace std;

#include 

using std::setw;

#include    // contains function prototype for rand

int main()
{
// loop 20 times
for ( int counter = 1; counter <= 20; counter++ ) {

    // pick random number from 1 to 6 and output it
    cout << setw( 10 ) << ( 1 + rand() % 6 );

    // if counter divisible by 5, begin new line of output
    if ( counter % 5 == 0 )
        cout << endl;

}

return 0;  // indicates successful termination

} // end main

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