How to use function srand() with time.h? [duplicate]

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You need to call srand() once, to randomize the seed, and then call rand() in your loop:

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

#define size 10

srand(time(NULL)); // randomize seed

for(i=0;i<size;i++)
    Arr[i] = rand()%size;

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