From: gabriele renzi <surrender_it@...1.vip.ukl.yahoo.com>
Date: 2004-07-24T20:36:55+09:00
Subject: Re: The number of lines of a file?

il Sat, 24 Jul 2004 20:07:31 +0900, Gavin Sinclair
<gsinclair@soyabean.com.au> ha scritto::


>I think you want
>
>  lines = File.readlines('w.txt')
>  random_line = lines[rand(lines.size)]
>
>rand(n) returns an integer in the range 0...n, which is good for an
>array index.
>

oops about rand(). OTOH I was pointing out the 'line is a user defined
concept' thingy by not using readlines.