why cant i generate a random number of type double?

[suraya]

hey guys i wrote this code and i want to generate randome numbers of type double. i dont know how to do that.
it keeps giving me an error saying illegal type operand has type double. any idea how to do that? thank you in advance

[ResidentBiscuit]

double rand = (double)rand() / (double)rand();

[Cubbi]

random numbers of type double are normally generated with std::uniform_real_distribution and similar functions:
http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/numeric/random/uniform_real_distribution
http://cplusplus.com/reference/random/uniform_real_distribution/

You'd have to show your code to get help with your specific error.

[pnoid]

static_cast<double>(non-double variable)

This will turn an int into a double.

[suraya]

thank you guys :)