I have to create a function that reads a random line from a text file in python.
I have the following code but am not able to get it to work
import random
def randomLine(filename):
#Retrieve a random line from a file, reading through the file irrespective of the length
fh = open(filename.txt, "r")
lineNum = 0
it = ''
while 1:
aLine = fh.readline()
lineNum = lineNum + 1
if aLine != "":
# How likely is it that this is the last line of the file ?
if random.uniform(0,lineNum)<1:
it = aLine
else:
break
fh.close()
return it
print(randomLine(testfile.txt))
I got so far but,need help to go further, Please help
once the program is running i'm getting an error saying
print(randomLine(testfile.txt))
NameError: name 'testfile' is not defined
Here's a version that's been tested to work, and avoids empty lines.
Variable names are verbose for clarity.
import random
import sys
def random_line(file_handle):
lines = file_handle.readlines()
num_lines = len(lines)
random_line = None
while not random_line:
random_line_num = random.randint(0, num_lines - 1)
random_line = lines[random_line_num]
random_line = random_line.strip()
return random_line
file_handle = None
if len(sys.argv) < 2:
sys.stderr.write("Reading stdin\n")
file_handle = sys.stdin
else:
file_handle = open(sys.argv[1])
print(random_line(file_handle))
file_handle.close()
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