Same random numbers every time I run the program

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You need to seed your random number generator:

Try putting this at the beginning of the program:

srand ( time(NULL) );

Note that you will need to #include <ctime>.

The idea here is to seed the RNG with a different number each time you launch the program. By using time as the seed, you get a different number each time you launch the program.

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