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Reading randomly from text files and displaying it.

I have a text file in which there are 5 lines. abc.txt

Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Question 4
Question 5

I would like my VB program to read randomly from this text file and display the question on the VB form one by one. On the click of button or click of left key of mouse next question is shown.Please tell me how to go about it.
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Option Explicit

Dim sQuestions() As String
Dim c As Long

Private Sub Command1_Click()

    Dim lR As Long
    Dim n As Long
    Dim k As Long
    lR = Int(c * Rnd + 1)
   
    If c = 0 Then MsgBox "no more questions": Exit Sub
   
    n = 0
    k = 0
    While n < lR
        k = k + 1
        If sQuestions(1, k) = "" Then
            n = n + 1
        End If
    Wend
   
    Text1.Text = sQuestions(0, k)
    sQuestions(1, k) = "N"
       
    c = c - 1

End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()

    Randomize CLng(Now)

    ReDim sQuestions(1, 0)
    Open "c:\questions.txt" For Input As #1
    Do Until EOF(1)
        c = c + 1
        ReDim Preserve sQuestions(1, c)
        Line Input #1, sQuestions(0, c)
       
    Loop

    Close #1
   
End Sub
the form load event should have been

Private Sub Form_Load()

    Randomize

    ReDim sQuestions(1, 0)
    Open "c:\questions.txt" For Input As #1
    Do Until EOF(1)
        c = c + 1
        ReDim Preserve sQuestions(1, c)
        Line Input #1, sQuestions(0, c)
       
    Loop

    Close #1
   
End Sub
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deighton,

I had a look at you code ad tested it.

Just one thing I would like to add is if you have a blank line in the code it will show up as a question.  Throw in an if  statement and it should be fine.

P.s. Nice Code.

Ed.
sorry that should be:

if you have a blank line in the text file. It will show up as a question in the text box.
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subo76

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Sorry I forgot to mention that the same line in which I have Question 1 in the text file has answer seperated by tab.
something like this.
Question1 Answer:abc
"there is a tab spacing between the question 1 and answer"

I need to read the question and display it to the user randomly. the code which u sent works fine. Now in the same form I need a checkbox , which if checked should display the answer in the next text box otherwise not.
Thanks in advance

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