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+! Copyright (C) 2012 John Benediktsson
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license
+
+USING: io kernel math random ;
+
+IN: io.random
+
+<PRIVATE
+
+: ?replace ( old new n -- old/new )
+    random zero? [ nip ] [ drop ] if ;
+
+PRIVATE>
+
+: random-line ( -- line/f )
+    f 1 [ swap [ ?replace ] [ 1 + ] bi ] each-line drop ;