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[damyo]

Hello, I am new to the forums aswell as autoit itself. I have a question that if answered will make me very grateful to you. So in spite of me coming off as annoyin here i go....Can someone please tell me how I would go about making a script that.

1.selects a random line from txt file

2.typing out the selected line

Ive managed to get line for line and have it open a msgbox but I haven't managed to get the line to be random aswell as having it typed out and entered.

if answered thank you so much! If not well poo on you.

Edited May 11, 2005 by damyo

[kjactive]

Well that was a basic one:

Global Const $File = 'File path & name' : the & char is a 'put together' char

$ID = FileOpen($File,0) ;open the file

$a = 0

While 1

$a = $a + 1

$line = FileReadLine($file)

If @error = -1 Then ExitLoop

If Random(1,100) = $a then

MsgBox(0, "Line read:", $line)

ConsoleWrite( "Line read:" & $line & @CRLF)

Endif

Wend

FileClose($ID)

EndIf

This is somewhat strange but there is hundred ways to do this - but as example okay, this is real random as this get recounted at every line he!!!...

kjactive

Edited May 11, 2005 by kjactive

[herewasplato]

Hello, I am new to the forums aswell as autoit itself. I have a question that if answered will make me very grateful to you. So in spite of me coming off as annoyin here i go....Can someone please tell me how I would go about making a script that.

1.selects a random line from txt file

2.typing out the selected line

Ive managed to get line for line and have it open a msgbox but I haven't managed to get the line to be random aswell as having it typed out and entered. 

if answered thank you so much! If not well poo on you.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

so you already have the code to open the file for read...

so , I'll skip that and offer this sparse set of hints as yet another way:

$N_lines = _FileCountLines( $sFilePath )

$N_Rand = Random(1,$N_lines,1 )

$S_Rand_Line_From_File = FileReadLine ( filehandle or "filename" ,$N_Rand)

Add you own error checking.....

The above is untested code - let me know if it was anywhere near right.

edit: typo

Edited May 23, 2005 by herewasplato