You may find the following code useful:

/* some strings for printing */
const char *HAND_STRINGS [] = {"Royal Flush", "Straight Flush", "Four of a Kind",
                                 "Full House", "Flush", "Straight", "Three of a Kind",
                                 "Two Pair", "One Pair", "High Card"};




/* the init_rand function */
void init_rand (int seed)

{
   /* if calling function passes 0, set to semi-random value */
   if (seed == 0) {

      struct tm *tm_ptr;
      time_t clock;

      clock = time (NULL);
      tm_ptr = gmtime (&clock);
      srand (tm_ptr -> tm_sec);
   }

   else

      srand (seed);
}



/* here's a way to read in a file to store the deck */
void read_deck (DECK_T *deck)

{
   FILE *fp;
   char name [30];
   int i;

   printf ("\nPlease enter file name with deck data: ");
   scanf ("%s", name);

   if ((fp = fopen (name, "r")) == NULL) {

      printf ("invalid file namen");
      return;
   }

   for (i = 0; i < NUM_CARDS; i++) {

      fscanf (fp, "%d %c", &(deck -> cards [i].value), &(deck -> cards [i].suit));
   }
}