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Random numbers not working

opiop65 (43)
Ok, I decided to create a small program today to test out some new stuff I had learned, and for some reason, the random number generator always generates 18. I've tried moving srand(time(0)); to different places so It would only be called once, and it didn't work. Please take a look!
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#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    
    int ans, random, evil, total;
    int male = 1;
    int female = 1;
    int vampire = 0;
   
    cout<<"Press 1 to start and 2 to exit"<<endl;    
    cin >> ans; 
        
    if (ans == 1){
            //main
            
            cout<<"Press 1 to begin the day and 2 to end"<<endl;
            cin >> ans;
            
            if (ans == 1){
            //start program
            bool start = true;
            
            srand(time(0));
            while (start == true){
                  //day
                  
                  
                  if (male >= 1 && female >= 1){
            
                           
                           Sleep(2000);
                           random == rand() %10 + 1;
                           
                           if (random >= 1 && random <= 20){
                                      //spawn male
                                      
                           
                                      male++;
                                      total = male + female;
                                      cout<<endl;
                                      start == false;
                                      }
                           if (random >= 80 && random <= 100){
                                      //spawm female
                                      
                           
                                      female++;
                                      total = male + female;
                                      cout<<endl;
                                      start == false;
                                      }
                           if (random >= 101 && random <= 105){
                                      
                           
                                      cout<<"VAMPIRE SHEEP"<<endl;
                                      srand(time(0));
                                      evil == rand() %20 + 1;
                                      total = total - random;
                                      vampire++;
                                      start == false;
                                      }
                           if (random >= 21 && random <= 99){
                                cout<<"No sheep today"<<endl;
                                start == false;
                                }
                             
                             }
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  while (vampire > 1){
                        
                        
                        
                        if (random >= 1 && random <= 5){
                                   cout<<"Evil sheep is dead"<<endl;
                                   vampire--;
                                   cout<<"There are "<<vampire<<" evil sheep left"<<endl;
                                   start == false;
                                   }
                                   
                        if (random >= 6 && random <= 10){
                                   cout<<"Evil sheep still alive"<<endl;
                                   start == false;
                                   }
                        
                        }
                  cout<<"Random: "<<random<<endl;
                  cout<<endl;
                  cout<<"Male: "<<male<<endl;
                  cout<<endl;
                  cout<<"Female: "<<female<<endl;
                  cout<<endl;
                  start == false;
                  }
            
            
            
            }
            
            if (ans == 2){
                    //exit program
                    cout<<"Thanks for playing!"<<endl;
                    
                    }
            
            
            
            
            
            }
        
    if (ans == 2){
            //exit program
            cout<<"Thanks for playing!"<<endl;
            
            }
        
                 
        
        
        
    
    

    
    system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}


Thanks!

EDIT: srand is on line 28. I don't know why I put it there, I've been trying different places in the code.
Last edited on
adesh (35)
Why are you using == for assigments .
Use a single = for all your assignments.
opiop65 (43)
Whoops haha sorry. I'll fix that.
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