C# (sharp) reading random line from txt file [dupl

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• Read random line from a file? c# 2 answers

Can anyone tell me how to read random line from txt file? I want to read random line from txt file and show only that line in textBox. Code examples would be great! Thanx in foward

Answer 1

The simplest solution is to read all the lines to memory and pick one randomly. Assuming that all the lines can fit in memory.

string[] allLines = File.ReadAllLines(path);
Random rnd1 = new Random();
Console.WriteLine(allLines[rnd1.Next(allLines.Length)]);

Answer 2

Here is a code sample:

        int lineCount = File.ReadAllLines(@"C:\file.txt").Length;
        Random rnd = new Random();
        int randomLineNum = rnd.Next(lineCount);
        int indicator = 0;

        using (var reader = File.OpenText(@"C:\file.txt"))
        {
            while (reader.ReadLine() != null)
            {
                if(indicator==randomLineNum)
                {
                    //do your stuff here
                    break;
                }
                indicator++;
            }
        }

Answer 3

var lines = File.ReadAllLines(path);
var r = new Random();
var randomLineNumber = r.Next(0, lines.Length - 1);
var line = lines[randomLineNumber];