srand on linux

Question

im trying to use srand in my program to generate a number then promt you to guess the number. i Have srand AND rand in my code. but i keep getting the number 84 can anyone help?????????????????????

Answer 1

Did you use time(0) to randomise the seed?

srand(time(0));
cout << rand() % 100;

// outputs random number from 0 to 99

Answer 2

thanks for the reply
i had

int number;
srand(etc here);

but i moved srand on top of my int and it fixed everything for me. thanks for the reply.
i made a little guessing game on my codes. had to go back and fix it xD