Make results of google-CSE random

Question

I'm creating a google search engine with the CSE of google. I'm trying to get one random result every time i search for a query. For example: When I search for the word "coffee" the engine returns one result, random from all the "coffee results".

Is there someone who can help me to make the result random?

Thanks!!

Answer 1

• If you're using Linux, you could read from /dev/random as it will contain a random stream.
• For Windows, use the %RANDOM% environment variable.
• JavaScript has a method Math.random(); (see here).
• PHP can pick a random element from an array with mixed array_rand ( array $array [, int $num = 1 ] ) or generate a random number with int rand ( int $min , int $max ).
• Java can generate a random number using new Random().nextInt(number_of_results + 1);

Number the results (i.e. store them in an array) and use the random number to pick a result (chosen_result = results_array[random_num];)

If this doesn't suit your needs you will need to provide more information such as the programming language you're using for this.