Richard

Beginning C++ programmer.

Here's the issue:

I've got a variable grabbing time(NULL) for a pseudorandom seed in a project I'm doing. I'm using a variable because I want to know the exact seed, so that I can reconstruct the pseudorandom numbers at a later time with some modified code, so basically a verification code. I also want to use that variable return as a source to determine when the variable was grabbed (and therefore when the program was run).

Here's some example code: (in main() and assume everything works)

int R;

R = time(NULL);

srand(R);

... more code...

cout << "Verification code: "<< R << "\nGenerated at: " << deconstructR();

What I need to know is the code to use in place of deconstructR().

the code time(R) gives me the error 'invalid conversion from int to time_t*' so the obvious is obviously wrong.