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Will GE allow me to randomly search and retrieve through a text file

1. I have a file that has several lines of text.
2. I would like to open the file.
3. I would like to randomly read a line of text from the file.
4. I would like the random line of text to appear on the game screen.
5. I would like to close the file.

What I know is that GE can load and save scores/lives(I've studied this code), but what sort of changes do I need to add to the previously posted code to accomplish the above? Can it be done in GE

*pointers are giving me high blood pressure... (I feel another head banging incident rapidly approaching.) As always TIA....

This can be made with some global scripts, but is not easy

Makslane,
Would standard 'C' code work or would it need to be change to GE specific code?

printf () function doesn't work in GE so when I read the text file contents, what function do I use to display the randomly chosen text?? TIA

Use a text actor and copy the text with strcpy function:

strcpy(youractor.text, yourtext);