using c# how to Print Line number of randomly selected line from parsed file

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this is a snippet of my program that catches an incomplete line in the file, however I need it to tell me the line number that it pulled so I can do error handling better.

var testLines = File.ReadAllLines(openFileDialog1.FileName);
        Item.ran = new Random(Guid.NewGuid().GetHashCode());
        var randomTestLine = testLines[Item.ran.Next(testLines.Length)];
        if (randomTestLine.StartsWith("*"))
        {
            pick++;
            count = pick.ToString();
            Picks.Font = new Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 12, FontStyle.Bold);
            Picks.Text = count;
            ItemGenerated.Text = ( !!something needs to go here!! + "Incomplete Item Entry\n" + randomTestLine);
            return false;
        }

What language is this? Please edit the question to include the appropriate language tag(s). — tripleee
– tripleee, Commented Feb 19, 2014 at 21:28

corn3lius · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-19 21:52:54Z

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var lineNumber = Item.ran.Next(testLines.Length);
var randomTestLine = testLines[lineNumber];

...

ItemGenerated.Text = ( lineNumber + "Incomplete Item Entry\n" + randomTestLine);

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answered Feb 19, 2014 at 21:52

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VincEclipsE Over a year ago

that worked perfectly thank you. I needed to add ItemGenerated.Text = ( (lineNumber + 1) + "Incomplete Item Entry\n" + randomTestLine); so the count would match properly.

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