using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;

//*********************************************************
// Simple file I/O example:: Get data from a file, the
// file should pre-exist and by in your project/bin/Release
// folder. Edwin Armstrong A.K.A. (efa)
//*********************************************************
//  Date      Comment                                  who
//=========   =======================================  ===
// 02/22/10   Working and tested version.              efa
//*********************************************************
namespace file_io1
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            string str1 = "nouns.txt";
            string[] nouns = new string[100];
            StreamReader sr;
            Random random = new Random();

            try // open text file for read
            {
                sr = new StreamReader(str1);
            }
            catch
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Can't find file [" + str1 + "]");
                return;
            }

            int c = 0;

            while( (nouns[c] = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
            {
                ++c;
                if (c >= 100)// just for safety
                    break;
            }

            int sel = 0;

            sel = random.Next(c);

            textBox1.Text = nouns[sel];

            // Close StreamReader
            sr.Close();

        }

    }
}