T7E5.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream> // ifstream, open, eof, close
#include <cstdlib> // rand, srand, exit
#include <ctime> // time
using namespace std;


void load_dictionary(string word_list[])
{
    //step 1
    ifstream data_store;

    //step 2
    data_store.open("dict.txt");

    //step 3
    int subscript = 0;

    if (!data_store)
    {
        cout << "Could not find dict.txt in this directory" << endl;
        exit(0);
    }

    while(!data_store.eof())
    {
        string word;
        getline(data_store, word);

        word_list[subscript] = word;
        subscript++;
    }
    //step 4
    data_store.close();
}

string get_random_word(string word_list[],int size)
{
    int random_num = rand() % size;
    string the_word = word_list[random_num];

    return the_word;

}

int main()
{

    srand(time(NULL));

    string word_list[21882];
    int input;
    load_dictionary(word_list);

    cout << "Hey user, how many random words would you like to generate?" << endl;
    cin >> input;

    for (int counter = 1; counter <= input; counter++)
    {
        string result = get_random_word(word_list, 21882);
        cout << result << endl;
    }


    return 0;
}