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Can you use rand to read in from an external file inc++

string line;
int random = 0;
int numOfLines = 0;
ifstream File("file.txt");

    srand(time(0));
    random = rand() % 50;

while(getline(File, line))
{
    ++numOfLines;

    if(numOfLines == random)
    {
        cout << line;
    }

}

Source: stackoverflow.com

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