Html/Java Question

This is what I have, a .txt document (53 lines).

What I need is some type of script that will randomly select a line from
that document and show it in plain text on the page. Any ideas that I could
be directed too?

Thanks!

Chris C. wrote:

> This is what I have, a .txt document (53 lines).

> What I need is some type of script that will randomly select a line from
> that document and show it in plain text on the page. Any ideas that I
> could be directed too?

http://www.aasted.org/quote/index.php should do the job[1], although you
need to turn the text file in to a fortune file.

[1] You'll need a server that supports PHP, it shouldn't be hard to
find/write something similar in JSP (or another language) if that's what
you prefer.

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"Chris C." <shadow@suiteDONTSPAMME224.net> wrote in message news:<sYiKa.2377$x35.1427188@newshog.newsread.com> ...
> This is what I have, a .txt document (53 lines).
>
> What I need is some type of script that will randomly select a line from
> that document and show it in plain text on the page. Any ideas that I could
> be directed too?

PHP, ASP, CGI, ... Or load the entire file in to a JavaScript array
and do it with JavaScript.

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