Question

how to use rand() and srand() in c++ to get a random float number between 0 and 1

while also using a seed number

Answer 1

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <ctime>
#include <stdio.h>      
#include <stdlib.h> 
using namespace std;

int main(){
   srand((unsigned)time(NULL));
   
   float res = float(rand()) / (float(RAND_MAX) + 1.0);
   
   cout<<res<<endl;
   
   return 0;
}