Find srand seed to output a short message

randfind.c

#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int SIZE = 27;

int * msg_to_code (char msg[], int length) {
  int * code = malloc (sizeof (int) * length);

  for (int index = 0; index < length; index++) {
    if (msg[index] == ' ') {
      code[index] = 27;
      continue;
    }
    code [index] = msg [index] - 'a';
  }

  return code;
}

int match (int * code, int length) {
  int seed = 0;
  int element = 0;
  int get;
  while (1) { //while true
    srand (seed); //set seed
    while (element < length) {
      get = rand() % SIZE; //get rand num within our range
      if (code[element] != get) { // if no match, go to next loop
        break;
      }
      element++;
    }
    if (element == length) { // if we match all elements, return seed
      return seed;
    }
    element = 0; //reset inner counter
    seed++; //increment outer counter

    if (seed % 1000000 == 0) { //progress monitor
      printf ("%d\n", seed);
    }
  }
  return seed;
}

void test (int seed, int length) {
  int get;
  char out[length];

  srand (seed);

  for (int index = 0; index < length; index++) {
    get = rand() % SIZE + 'a';
    out[index] = get;
    printf ("v: %c\n", get);
  }

  //printf ("test: %s\n", out); //this is printing wack characters...
  return;
}

int main ( int argc, char** argv ) {
  int * code;
  char * msg;
  int length;
  int seed;

  printf ("input: %s\n", argv[1]);

  //msg = "ariel";
  msg = argv[1];
  length = strlen (msg);
  code = msg_to_code(msg, length);

  seed = match (code, length);

  printf ("seed: %d\n", seed);

  test (seed, length);

  return 0;
}