Which method would be best for a random quote idle message: saving quotes file to an array and pulling from the array, or reading a line from the file every time the idle message is sent?

I want the quotes.txt to be editable while the programing is running - so new quotes can be added. So maybe an array wouldn't be the easiest way? Wouldn't a large array, with a bunch of data in it also be memory consuming?

Just wondering what everyone thinks. Also, wasn't there a method of doing this in C++ on botdev.valhallalegeneds.com (wherever that site went)?

[quote author=warz link=topic=12262.msg121110#msg121110 date=1121653046]
Also, wasn't there a method of doing this in C++ on botdev.valhallalegeneds.com (wherever that site went)?
[/quote]

Somewhat.

This might work a little bit better.

[code]
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>

void SendRandomQuote(void);

int main(void) {
while(1){
SendRandomQuote();
Sleep(500);
}

return 0;
}

void SendRandomQuote(void) {
char *test[200];
    char buf[255];
    int i = 0, x = 0, y = 0;

    FILE *fp = fopen("Quotes.txt", "r");
    if (fp) {
          while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp)) {
                  test[i] = (char *)malloc(strlen(buf)+1);
                  strcpy(test[i], buf);
                  i++;
          }
    }
    for(x=0; x < i ; x++) {
            //printf("%s", test[x]);
    }
    //x = 0;

y = (GetTickCount() % x);

    printf("%s", test[y]);
}
[/code]

Beware that warz's method will induce stack corruption if you have more than 200 quotes.

Yeah, but if you've got more than 200 quotes also beware that you need to reduce your amount of quotes. ;-)

[quote author=warz link=topic=12262.msg121180#msg121180 date=1121739643]
Yeah, but if you've got more than 200 quotes also beware that you need to reduce your amount of quotes. ;-)
[/quote]

That's stupid.  You should make your functions and designs generic whenever possible and above that non-error-prone which is blatantly obvious in your function.

[quote author=Mephisto link=topic=12262.msg121183#msg121183 date=1121741578]
[quote author=warz link=topic=12262.msg121180#msg121180 date=1121739643]
Yeah, but if you've got more than 200 quotes also beware that you need to reduce your amount of quotes. ;-)
[/quote]

That's stupid.  You should make your functions and designs generic whenever possible and above that non-error-prone which is blatantly obvious in your function.
[/quote]

Uh, yeah, that's the idea.