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Whatâs the difference between rand() & srand() function?
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The function rand() is used to generate the pseudo random number. It returns an integer value and its range is from 0 to rand_max i.e 32767.
syntax of rand() :
int rand(void);
Example
#include <stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
int main()
{ Â Â printf("%d\n", rand()); Â Â
printf("%d", rand()); Â Â return 0; }
Output
1804289383
846930886
The function srand() is used to initialize the generated pseudo random number by rand() function. It does not return anything.
syntax of srand() :
void srand(unsigned int number);
Example
#include <stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<time.h> int main() { Â Â srand(time(NULL)); Â
 printf("%d\n", rand());  Â
srand(12); Â Â
printf("%d", rand()); Â Â return 0; }
Output
1432462941
1687063760