From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Randon Function
Date: 7 Feb 1998 06:44:49 GMT
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"Matt Kris" (jdkris AT NOPOOPalpha DOT delta DOT edu) writes:
> I need to make a function that will open a text file that contains a list of
> 100 words and take a randon word and store it in  an array.  I made a
> function that will open the file and read the first word but I don't know
> how to read the other lines.  Is there a way to move through files like
> that?  Please help.

Easy. Obtain a random number r from 0 to 99. Open the file. Then for (i=0;
i<r; i++) { read a line and discard it using an appropriate file input
command }, then read a line and use that as the name.


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