KK>    If you are going to read through the whole file, though,
 KK>    you might as well save an index to each line and just
 KK>    load the index and choose one at random. Then you only
 KK>    need to load the whole thing one time, thereafter loading
 KK>    only the index. Processing the file to make the lines into
 KK>    fixed length records would make it even faster, since you
 KK>    could get the file size and divide by the size of the
 KK>    record to get the number of lines and then grab one.
 
I agree with you.  My code is actually a response to an interview question in 
the back of Expert C Programming - Deep C Secrets by Peter Van Der Linden.  
The question is , 
Give me a random string from a text file.  You may make only 1 pass and not 
store any additional information.
 
I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in C.  It is the only C 
book I've ever seen that can be read in bed.
 
Bruce
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From: JOHN MYERS                                            Time: 08:51pm
\/To: ED PROPES                                           (Read 15 times)
Subj: FidoNet

I would like information on obtianing a FidoNet node number. I allready have 
a BBS and FidoNet software... Someone told me you where the guy to talk to. 
Please advise... BBS: 920-9939... Voice: 920-9939... oops... the BBS # is 
:920-9969
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