Question

int main() { int len = 10; char key[len+1]; srand(time(0)); int i; for (i=0; i<len; i++) { key[i] = rand()%256; if (key[i] == EOF || key[i] == '\0'). key[i] = 1; key[i] = '\0'; printf("The generated key is %s\n", key);

I have a problem with my C code. Its suppose to print a random string of length 10 and sometimes it does, but sometimes it prints a shorter string.

Answer 1

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>

int main() {
    int len = 10;
    char key[len + 1];
    srand(time(NULL));

    int i;
    for (i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
        key[i] = 33 + rand() % (125 - 33 + 1);  // generate characters from 33-125
    }

    key[i] = '\0';
    printf("The generated key is %s\n", key);
    return 0;
}