Re: When a random file is not found then what?

From	Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: When a random file is not found then what?
Date	2014-03-08 09:16 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 3/7/2014 11:03 PM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> richard <noreply@example.com> writes:
>
>> I want to set up a routine so that when a file does not exist, another file
>> is selected.
>>
>> 1) select the year randomly.
>> 2) selectt one of 100 numbers.
>> 3) combine the pair.
>> 4) locate file and play.
>> 5) if file does not exist, do it again until one is found.
>
> Why not select and play a file chosen randomly from those that do exist,
> possibly filtered by some criterion such a the year?
>

That would make too much sense.  Remember who you're talking to...

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When a random file is not found then what? richard <noreply@example.com> - 2014-03-07 22:22 -0500
  Re: When a random file is not found then what? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-03-07 22:56 -0500
  Re: When a random file is not found then what? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-03-08 04:03 +0000
    Re: When a random file is not found then what? richard <noreply@example.com> - 2014-03-08 08:47 -0500
    Re: When a random file is not found then what? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-03-08 09:16 -0500

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