cygnetII-scrubsearch.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>
#define MAX_SIZE 50
int main(void)
{
    char fileName[] = "compliments.txt";
    char test= 0;
    int currChar = 'a';
    FILE * compliments = fopen(fileName, "r");
    long int characters;
    if(compliments == NULL)
    {
        fprintf(stderr,"Could not open file, exiting\n");
        return 1;
    }
    srand(time(NULL));
    fseek(compliments,0,SEEK_END);
    characters = ftell(compliments);
    rewind(compliments);
    characters = rand() % characters;
    fseek(compliments,characters,SEEK_SET);
    while (test != '\n' && !fseek(compliments,-2,SEEK_CUR)) test = fgetc(compliments);
    if (ftell(compliments) < 3) rewind(compliments);
    for(currChar = fgetc(compliments);currChar!= '\n' && !feof(compliments);currChar = fgetc(compliments)) printf("%c", (char)currChar);
    printf("\n");
    fclose(compliments);
    return 0;
}