Math Forum http://mathforum.org/kb List of forum topics en Re: Obtaining Random LIne from A file http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8385904&tstart=0#8385904 > Block[{i = RandomInteger[{1, n}], str = OpenRead[file], res},
> Skip[str, "String", i];
> res =]]> Feb 21, 2013 5:46:04 AM Feb 21, 2013 5:46:04 AM dana01@icloud.com 0 Re: Obtaining Random LIne from A file http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8383413&tstart=0#8383413
>Thank you so much for the reply. My files are]]> Feb 20, 2013 10:26:29 PM Feb 20, 2013 10:26:29 PM readnews@sbcglobal.net 0 Re: Obtaining Random LIne from A file http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8374827&tstart=0#8374827 > Thank you so much for the reply. My files are 50MB each, I don't think ReadList]]> Feb 19, 2013 6:52:32 PM Feb 19, 2013 6:52:32 PM dave@removedbailey.co.uk 0 Re: Obtaining Random LIne from A file http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8374826&tstart=0#8374826
> Thank you so much for the reply. My files are 50MB each, I don't
> think ReadList would work for my]]> Feb 19, 2013 6:52:15 PM Feb 19, 2013 6:52:15 PM awnl@gmx-topmail.de 0 Re: Obtaining Random LIne from A file http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8374821&tstart=0#8374821 the file(s) into memory, e.g. with ReadList. If you do a disk access for]]> Feb 19, 2013 6:51:48 PM Feb 19, 2013 6:51:48 PM kjm@KevinMcCann.com 0 Re: Obtaining Random LIne from A file http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8368498&tstart=0#8368498 Feb 19, 2013 1:09:52 AM Feb 19, 2013 1:09:52 AM ramiro.barrantes@gmail.com 3 Re: Obtaining Random LIne from A file http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8368496&tstart=0#8368496 > Am 17.02.2013 10:08, schrieb David Bailey:
>> On]]> Feb 19, 2013 1:09:36 AM Feb 19, 2013 1:09:36 AM dave@removedbailey.co.uk 0 Re: Obtaining Random LIne from A file http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8359499&tstart=0#8359499 > On 16/02/2013 06:07, Ramiro Barrantes wrote:
 Feb 18, 2013 5:59:31 AM Feb 18, 2013 5:59:31 AM awnl@gmx-topmail.de 1 Re: Obtaining Random LIne from A file http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8351874&tstart=0#8351874 > Hello,
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> I would like to get a random line from a file, I]]> Feb 17, 2013 4:08:27 AM Feb 17, 2013 4:08:27 AM dave@removedbailey.co.uk 6 Obtaining Random LIne from A file http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8344441&tstart=0#8344441 Hello,

I would like to get a random line from a file, I know this can be done
with Mathematica but I am playing with using sed to see]]> Feb 16, 2013 1:07:57 AM Feb 16, 2013 1:07:57 AM rbarrant@uvm.edu 9