[Granz00]

//	Filename:	Best Picks.cpp
//	Programmer:	Josh Gager
//	Purpose:	Suggests numbers to pick for the lottery


#include "stdafx.h"
#include <time.h>
#using <mscorlib.dll>
using namespace System;


struct Lotto
{
	int Pick_Five[54];		//	Stores randomly picked numbers for 1-55
	int Power_Ball[41];		//	Stores Randomly picked numbers for 1-42
};


int random(int);


int main()
{
	Lotto Best_Pick;		
	int T = 0;				//	Used for loops
	int Temp = 0;			//	Used to transfer numbers to different variables
	int Count_Best = 0;		//	Counts all of Pick_Five
	int Count_Ball = 0;		//	Counts all of Power_Ball
	
	//	Sets Pick_Five and Power_Ball to 0
	for(T=0; T<55; T++)
	{
		Best_Pick.Pick_Five[T] = 0;
	}
	for(T=0; T<42; T++)
	{
		Best_Pick.Power_Ball[T] = 0;
	}

	srand(time(NULL));

	for(T=0; T<5000000; T++)
	{
		Temp = random(54);
		Best_Pick.Pick_Five[Temp]++;
	}
	//	Once this is done running, Pick_Five has a total of 5mil numbers, as it should
	//	But Power_Ball increases from 0 to some random number, which it shouldn't do

	Console::WriteLine();

	//	Output the numbers and how many times they were picked
	for(T=1; T<56; T++)
	{
		Console::WriteLine("  {0}:\t{1}",T.ToString(), Best_Pick.Pick_Five[T-1].ToString());
		Count_Best += Best_Pick.Pick_Five[T-1];
	}
	for(T=0; T<42; T++)
	{
		Count_Ball += Best_Pick.Power_Ball[T];
	}

	Console::WriteLine("  {0}, {1}\n", Count_Best.ToString(), Count_Ball.ToString());
	//	Added Count_Best and Count_Ball to temporarily check how many numbers were being stored

	return 0;
}


//	Purpose:	Randomly generate a number from 0 to the Max
//	Recieved:	The highest number to be generated
//	Output:		A random number
random(int Limit)
{
	int Temp;
	Temp = rand() % (Limit + 1);
	return Temp;
}

In a nutshell, one of my variables, Power_Ball, is picking up numbers somehow. Any help?

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Did you
//Random Number Generator
int seed = (((unsigned)time(NULL))%100);
srand(seed);
for (counter = 1; counter <= seed; counter++)
rand();
do something like that...


for(T=0; T<5000000; T++)
{
Temp = random(54);
Best_Pick.Pick_Five[Temp]++;
}
That may have something to do with it.
what is random(54)?

[The Hurricane]

Did you
//Random Number Generator
int seed = (((unsigned)time(NULL))%100);
srand(seed);
for (counter = 1; counter <= seed; counter++)
rand();
do something like that...


for(T=0; T<5000000; T++)
{
Temp = random(54);
Best_Pick.Pick_Five[Temp]++;
}
That may have something to do with it.
what is random(54)?

[Granz00]

The error was;

int Pick_Five[54]; // Stores randomly picked numbers for 1-55
int Power_Ball[41]; // Stores Randomly picked numbers for 1-42

Which should have been;

int Pick_Five[55];
int Power_Ball[42];

As for what random(54) is, look at the bottom of the code. I created a funtion called random().

Do you have a link to a tutorial on how this method works?

//Random Number Generator
int seed = (((unsigned)time(NULL))%100);
srand(seed);
for (counter = 1; counter <= seed; counter++)
rand();

I have never seen it done like that.

[The Hurricane]

Thats how we do it in school... Im sure there are simpler ways but I like the long and hard way... Its to easy to get lost on shortcuts