random or rand function prints the same value, even in different machines

Question

I want to print a random number in the range 1 to 6. I have the following code.

printf(\"The random value is %d \\n\",random(6));

It is pri

Answer 1

You shoud have srand() before rand() to generate new numbers each time. This code will show how do that:

# include 
# include 
# inlcude 

int main()
{
    srand(time(0));
    printf("The random value is %d\n", 1 + rand() % 6);
    return 0;
}