Thread: read data out of *.txt file

1. Find how many lines you have in the file.
2. Get a random number < them # of lines in file.
3. Read the file one char at a time and look for \n.
4. When # of \n = random #. read in every char and voila you have your word.

~Barjor

Please forgive my horrible misstake.

1. Find how many lines you have in the file.
2. Get a random number < then # of lines in file.
3. Read the file one char at a time and look for \n.
4. When # of \n == random #. read in every char and voila you have your word.

~Barjor

When you use fgets, it moves along with the file pointer and gets each successive line without intervention.

Use an array of pointers. Each pointer of course points to the first element of the next string and so on. Use malloc/free in functions that allocate and deallocate resources from within.

Another interesting thought is to read them into a linked list of structures.

Sort the array/list in a "randomiser" function.