For loop "<" vs "<=" print format issues in program - c

Question

I am learning C on my own with a book and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to solve this exercise. I'm obviously looking at it in the wrong way or something. Here is an explanation below.
Listed below are some functions and the main function at the bottom. This program is compiled to generate a certain number of random numbers and determine the min and the max of the random numbers. If you copy and paste this code, you will see how it works. Anyways, an exercise asks me to go to the function "prn_random_numbers()" and change the for loop from "for (i = 1; i < k; ++i)" to for (i = 2; i <= k; ++i). This causes the first line format to print incorrectly. The exercise is to further modify the program in the body of the for loop to get the output to be formatted correctly.
To sum it up, the "prn_random_numbers()" function is written to print out 5 random numbers before moving to the next line. Hence the" i % 5" if statement. Now, for some reason, when you make the slight adjustment to the for loop, as the exercise asks above, it causes the first line to only print 4 numbers before moving to the next line. I have tried a number of things, including trying to force it to print the 5th number, but it only duplicated one of the random numbers. I even tried "i % 4" to see if it would print 4 numbers for each row, but it only prints 3 numbers for the first row instead of 4! So it always prints one less number on the first line than it is supposed to. I have n clue why it is doing that and the book does not give an exercise. Do you have any idea?
Bear with me if you think this is a stupid question. I am just learning on my own and I want to make sure I have a good foundation and understand everything as I learn it, before moving forward. I appreciate any help or advice!
prn_random_numbers(k) /* print k random numbers */
int k;
{
int i, r, smallest, biggest;
r = smallest = biggest = rand();
printf("\n%12d", r);
for (i = 1; i < k; ++i)
{
if (i % 5 == 0)
printf("\n");
r = rand();
smallest = min(r, smallest);
biggest = max(r, biggest);
printf("%12d", r);
}
printf("\n\n%d random numbers printed.\n", k);
printf("Minimum:%12d\nMaximum:%12d\n", smallest, biggest);
}
int main()
{
int n;
printf("Some random numbers are to be printed.\n");
printf("How many would you like to see? ");
scanf("%d", &n);
while (n < 1)
{
printf("ERROR! Please enter a positive integer.\n");
printf("How many would you like to see? ");
scanf("%d", &n);
}
prn_random_numbers(n);
return (EXIT_SUCCESS);
}

Answer 1

the following proposed code:
properly initializes the random number generator
cleanly compiles
properly checks for and handles errors
performs the desired functionality
avoids having to list instructions twice
follows the axiom: Only one statement per line and (at most) one variable declaration per statement.
does not use undefined functions like: max() and min()
and now the proposed code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
void prn_random_numbers(int k)
{
int count = 1;
int r;
int smallest;
int biggest;
r = smallest = biggest = rand();
printf("\n%12d", r);
for ( int i = 2; i <= k; i++, count++)
{
if (count % 5 == 0)
{
count = 0;
printf("\n");
}
r = rand();
smallest = (r < smallest)? r : smallest;
biggest = (r > biggest)? r : biggest;
printf("%12d", r);
}
printf("\n\n%d random numbers printed.\n", k);
printf("Minimum:%12d\nMaximum:%12d\n", smallest, biggest);
}
int main( void )
{
int n;
srand( (unsigned)time( NULL ) );
do
{
printf("Please enter a positive integer, greater than 0.\n");
printf("How many would you like to see? ");
if( scanf("%d", &n) != 1 )
{
fprintf( stderr, "scanf for number of random numbers failed\n" );
exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
}
} while( n < 1 );
prn_random_numbers(n);
// in modern C, if the returned value from `main()` is 0 then no `return 0;` statement needed
}
a typical run, no input problems is:
Please enter a positive integer, greater than 0.
How many would you like to see? 20
98697066 2110217332 1247184349 421403769 1643589269
1440322693 985220171 1915371488 1920726601 1637143133
2070012356 541419813 1708523311 1237437366 1058236022
926434075 1422865093 2113527574 626328197 1618571881
20 random numbers printed.
Minimum: 98697066
Maximum: 2113527574

Answer 2

Try to use a debugger to solve your problem, it's easy to use and really helpfull :)
SOLUTION:
Your i variable don't count the number of numbers because it is initialize at 1 (in the for statement), so you need to declare a new variable to count properly.
If you have still a problem:
void prn_random_numbers(int k)
{
int count = 1;
int i, r, smallest, biggest;
r = smallest = biggest = rand();
printf("\n%12d", r);
for (i = 2; i <= k; i++, count++) {
if (count % 5 == 0) {
count = 0;
printf("\n");
}
r = rand();
smallest = min(r, smallest);
biggest = max(r, biggest);
printf("%12d", r);
}
printf("\n\n%d random numbers printed.\n", k);
printf("Minimum:%12d\nMaximum:%12d\n", smallest, biggest);
}