Tip of the day generator.

Diez B. Roggisch deets at nospam.web.de
Wed Nov 28 11:07:53 EST 2007


Joseph king wrote:

> Hey i was wondering if any one would know if there was a way to have
> python randomly read form a file or would you ahve to know the byte
> postion and somehow randomize splicing the file so the sentence you
> want show's up.
> 
> i.e have a file with a lot of tips and useless facts and then have
> python randomly read one sentence when the code is run and print at
> any time you would want it to.

import random
print random.choice(open("quotes").readlines())

Diez



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