how can we select a random file from number of files in a folder and store the random file into another folder

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all files in a subfolder and they are pdf files

Posted 21-Sep-14 19:30pm

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Sinisa Hajnal · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-21T20:26:00

Solution 1

1. Use Io.Directory.GetFiles[^]
to get a list of files from a directory

2. Generate random number[^] between 0 and number of files

3. Take resulting number as index of a file from file collection and copy it.

Posted 21-Sep-14 20:26pm

Sinisa Hajnal

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Member 11026295 22-Sep-14 3:44am

thank you sir

Sinisa Hajnal 22-Sep-14 4:29am

No problem. Accept the solution if it helped.