From: "Matt Kris" <jdkris AT NOPOOPalpha DOT delta DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Randon Function
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 22:11:05 -0500
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Paul Derbyshire wrote in message <6bgvt1$ruu AT freenet-news DOT carleton DOT ca>...
>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.
>
How do I read different lines of a text file?  If I knew that i could do the
rest easily.

Matt