// based on example from http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/numeric/random/rand #include #include #include struct BinaryOctet { bool evenParity; char bitsAsDigits[bitsPerOctet]; }; int main() { std::srand(std::time(0)); // use current time as seed for random generator int random_variable = std::rand(); std::cout << "Random value on [0 " << RAND_MAX << "]: " << random_variable << '\n'; }