help with dice program

need help with the total function. I get funny result when i have to put all the dice throw together

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#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>          
#include <ctime>            

using namespace std;

int total(int roll[])             
{
    int total;
    for(int i=0;i<10;i++)           
        {
            total+= roll[i];
        }
 return total;                      
}

int low(int roll[])             
{
    int low=10;
    for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
    {
        if(roll[i]<low)			
        {
            low=roll[i];
        }
    }
 return low;						
}

int high(int roll[])				
{
    int high=0;
    for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
    {
        if(roll[i]>high)				
        {
            high=roll[i];
        }
    }
return high;							
}

int main()
{
    int roll[10];					

    srand(time(0));

    cout << "10 dice rolls: ";   
    for(int i=0; i<10; i++)
    {
        roll[i]=rand()%6+1;			
        cout << roll[i] << " ";
    }
cout << "Highest roll: " << high(roll) << endl;		
cout << "Lowest roll: " << low(roll)<<endl;
cout << "Total: " <<total(roll)<<endl;

return 0;
}
Line 9: total is an uninitialized variable. What do you think it contains? hint: garbage.

found the error. had to set the total to 0

int total = 0;
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