How can I assign a value to a random element of 2D array in C

Question

For example, there is an array like this ==> array[10][10]

I want to pick a random element of this array like array[5][7] and assign it to 0.

How can I do it?

Does this answer your question? [Weighted random selection from array](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4463561/weighted-random-selection-from-array) — willwrighteng, Dec 15 '20 at 22:22

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 15 '20 at 16:48

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Should be something like:

srand((unsigned) time());  // For different result every second
int x = rand() % 10;
int y = rand() % 10;
array[x][y] = 0;

answered Dec 15 '20 at 16:48

stark

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