我的极简解决方案应该适用于范围内的随机数[min, max)。在调用函数之前使用srand(time(NULL))。

int range_rand(int min_num, int max_num) {
    if (min_num >= max_num) {
        fprintf(stderr, "min_num is greater or equal than max_num!\n"); 
    }
    return min_num + (rand() % (max_num - min_num));
} 

Rand()是生成随机数最方便的方法。

你也可以从任何在线服务如random.org捕获随机数。

试试这个，我把上面已经提到的一些概念放在一起:

/*    
Uses the srand() function to seed the random number generator based on time value,
then returns an integer in the range 1 to max. Call this with random(n) where n is an integer, and you get an integer as a return value.
 */

int random(int max) {
    srand((unsigned) time(NULL));
    return (rand() % max) + 1;
}

C程序生成9到50之间的随机数

#include <time.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
    srand(time(NULL));
    int lowerLimit = 10, upperLimit = 50;
    int r =  lowerLimit + rand() % (upperLimit - lowerLimit);
    printf("%d", r);
}

通常我们可以生成一个介于lowerLimit和upperLimit-1之间的随机数

例如，lowerLimit包含或说r∈[lowerLimit, upperLimit)

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void main() 
{
    int visited[100];
    int randValue, a, b, vindex = 0;

    randValue = (rand() % 100) + 1;

    while (vindex < 100) {
        for (b = 0; b < vindex; b++) {
            if (visited[b] == randValue) {
                randValue = (rand() % 100) + 1;
                b = 0;
            }
        }

        visited[vindex++] = randValue;
    }

    for (a = 0; a < 100; a++)
        printf("%d ", visited[a]);
}

你可以生成随机字符，然后将它们视为int:

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

typedef double rand_type; // change double to int

rand_type my_rand() {
    char buff[sizeof(rand_type)];
    for (size_t i = 0 ; i < sizeof(rand_type) ; ++i)
        buff[i] = (char) rand();
    return *(rand_type *) buff;
}

int main() {
    int i ; // srand as you want
    for (i = 0 ; i < 10 ; ++i)
        printf("%g\n", my_rand()); // change %g to %d
    return 0 ;
}