Is there a way to get random numbers from the C++ srand() method in Java?

Java has ways of getting random numbers 1) There's the method in the Math class random(). 2) There's also a Random class. Since rand() returns ints and you usually use % to get the range that you want, you'll probably want to define a Random object import java.util.Random; Random rand = new Random(); to get and int between 0 and k-1: int val = rand.nextInt(k);

For crying out loud, doesn't Java have a random number function?

i don't see why you don't just use java's method of generating numbers, whatever that is, it should be the same algorithm, or almost the same as the random number is based on the current time on your computer