C Programming - Issue using my Random Number Generator to read line from text file

[Klcastillo]

Hey. So I am not very good at C Programming and need a little help.
I have written a random number generator program which I need to use to randomly pick a word from my dictionary text file. However, I am not sure how to write the part that retrieves the word from the text file. Here is what i have so far. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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


int RandomWordSelection(void){
    //picks a random number between 1 and the max_words in the dictionary file
    
    int max = 50;
    int i, number;        
            
    srand(time(NULL));
    for(i = 0; i <= 50; i++);
        number = ((float)rand())/RAND_MAX*50+1;
    
return number;
}




char GetsWord(void){
//Gets the number word from the dictionary that was selected by 
// the random number generator    
    int i, x;
    char SecretWord;
    int RandomWordSelection(void);
    i = RandomWordSelection();
    
    FILE*fptr = fopen("dictionary.txt", "r");
    
//Not sure how to proceed at this point
    
    
    
return SecretWord;
}

[DRK]

//picks a random number between 1 and the max_words in the dictionary file

I don't see any max_words in your code but if you do define it you can use rand() like this

number = rand() % max_words + 1;

However, I am not sure how to write the part that retrieves the word from the text file

It depends on the format of the file - what is the character separating words in the file (space, coma, end-of-line)?

[iMalc]

First things first:
Take this line out of RandomWordSelection and instad put it inside main, right at the top:

srand(time(NULL));

Second, stop programming by writing a bunch of random things and then hoping those things do something useful.
Instead, start small, form a program that only has things in it that you are sure you fully understand. Then gradually add bits one at a time. Don't proceed to add another bit until you understand the previous bit.
Look up "fscanf", and "fclose". Read about how to determine if the "file was opened successfully". Learn about "arrays". Learn about "null-terminated strings".
You don't need to generate 102 random numbers to pick a single random word from a file.

[Klcastillo]

File Format : The dictionary file contains one word per line.

[Klcastillo]

The dictionary file is formatted so that there is one word per line.

[memcpy]

File Format : The dictionary file contains one word per line.

Okay.

The dictionary file is formatted so that there is one word per line.

No way...

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But in all seriousness, look into fgets(3): input of char/strings - Linux man page.