为什么rand（）+ rand（）产生负数？

本文翻译自：Why does rand() + rand() produce negative numbers?

I observed that rand() library function when it is called just once within a loop, it almost always produces positive numbers. 我观察到rand()库函数在循环中只调用一次，它几乎总是产生正数。

for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
    printf("%d\n", rand());
}

But when I add two rand() calls, the numbers generated now have more negative numbers. 但是当我添加两个rand()调用时，现在生成的数字会有更多的负数。

for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
    printf("%d = %d\n", rand(), (rand() + rand()));
}

Can someone explain why I am seeing negative numbers in the second case? 有人可以解释为什么我在第二种情况下看到负数吗？

PS: I initialize the seed before the loop as srand(time(NULL)) . PS：我在循环之前将种子初始化为srand(time(NULL)) 。

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#1楼

参考：https://stackoom.com/question/25K3S/为什么rand-rand-产生负数

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#2楼

rand() is defined to return an integer between 0 and RAND_MAX . rand()定义为返回0到RAND_MAX之间的整数。

rand() + rand()

could overflow. 可能会溢出 What you observe is likely a result of undefined behaviour caused by integer overflow. 您观察到的可能是整数溢出导致的未定义行为的结果。

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#3楼

The problem is the addition. 问题是增加。 rand() returns an int value of 0...RAND_MAX . rand()返回一个int<