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Itsme1
Itsme1

Reputation: 75

How do I get a random word from a .txt file using C#?

private async void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        int word = 1;
        string FileName;
        openFileDialog1.Filter = "txt files (*.txt)|*.txt";
        openFileDialog1.FilterIndex = 2;
        openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = @"C:\";
        openFileDialog1.RestoreDirectory = true;
        openFileDialog1.ShowDialog();
        FileName = openFileDialog1.FileName;
        FileStream stream = File.Open(FileName, FileMode.Open);
        await Task.Run(() =>
        {
            using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(FileName))
            {
                string content = reader.ReadToEnd();
            }
        });
    }

As you can see, I decided to create a "content" string that would contain all the text inside of a .txt file. How do I now select a random word from this string that is not an array?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 924

Answers (1)

Hugo dijkstra
Hugo dijkstra

Reputation: 26

You should split on the spaces and then use random to get a random integer.

Random random = new Random();
string[] split = content.Split(" ");
string randomString = split[random.Next(0,split.length)];

Upvotes: 1

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