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You can pass in a pointer to a time_t object that time will fill up with the current time (and the return value is the same one that you pointed to). If you pass in NULL , it just ignores it and merely returns a new time_t object that represents the current time.
So when you seed that value and then do
int coin = rand() % 2;
You then flip based on that value % 2. What it equates to determines if its heads or tails. What it sounds like is based on that link is that your feeding it a constant value, so your getting a constant result.
So, with what it ask you to do, you are always returning the else statement.
#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctime>
int main()
{
// Create a number that's 0 or 1
srand(time(NULL));
int coin = rand() % 2;
// If number is 0: Heads
// If it is not 0: Tails
if (coin == 0)
{
std::cout << "Heads\n";
}
else
{
std::cout << "Tails\n";
}
}
i’m on the coinflip exercise and the run button is there, but is not actionable, like my cursor doesn’t change when going over it, cant click. nothing. directions are to run the program 5 times… so i cant click net until i run it ://
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