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<H1>Discussion Outline - # 8</H1>

<H3>Week of 10/27 - 10/30</H3>
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<LI><STRONG>General Questions</STRONG>
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<LI>Questions on Midterm - General questions only !!!<BR>
DO NOT GIVE ANSWERS FOR ANY OF THE MASTER QUESTIONS !!!
<LI>The midterm is on Tuesday.
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<LI><STRONG>Random Numbers</STRONG>
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<LI>Using rand() from stdlib
<LI>Seeding the random number generator with srand()
<UL><LI>Same seed produces same set of numbers - great for debugging
    <LI>Seed using time() also from stdlib to guarantee a new seed each time.
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<LI><STRONG>Global variables</STRONG>
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<LI>Explain scope of variables
<LI>Globals have file scope
<LI>Explain the <STRONG>HAZARDS</STRONG> of globals
<LI>Do a trace to show how messed up things can get
<LI><STRONG>USE OF GLOBALS IS NOT ALLOWED IN ANY 201 PROJECT</STRONG>
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Monday, 20-Oct-1997 14:43:25 EDT

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