how to read a random line/lines from a file in node.js

[sudan.k...@wezkoz.com]

how to read a random line/lines from a file  using node.js

[Alwin de Leon]

On Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 12:27:23 AM UTC+8, sudan.k...@wezkoz.com wrote:

how to read a random line/lines from a file  using node.js

//read a file
 fs = require('fs')

fs.readFile('/etc/hosts', 'utf8', function (err,data) { if (err) { return console.log(err); } data = data.split('\n'); });

[Alwin de Leon]

On Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 12:27:23 AM UTC+8, sudan.k...@wezkoz.com wrote:

how to read a random line/lines from a file  using node.js

fs = require('fs')

var data;

fs.readFile('filename.txt', 'utf8', function (err,rawData) {

  if (err) {

    return console.log(err);

  }

  data = rawData.split('\n');

});

function randomInt (low, high) {

    return Math.floor(Math.random() * (high - low) + low);

}

function getRandomLine(){

  return data[randomInt(0,data.length)];

}