Re: SOLUTION.... Re: Balancing randomness
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 27976
interpreted = N
texte = On 2/23/00 3:36 pm, Kenneth Grome so noted...>>On 2/23/00 1:58 pm, Joseph D'Andrea so noted... >> >>>Doh... >>> >>>Rob... the item that is missing from your implementation of my scheme >>>is rwTYPE=num in the [search] context. That's why your numbers get >>>stuck once the weight gets to 100. >> >>Ahhh... well, *that* wasn't in the original post! ; ) >> >>That fixes the strange results, but I get the numbers 4 2 5 3 1 in the >>same repeating sequence for the entirety of the loop (and I wonder why >>WebCat is selecting them in that particular order consistently?) > >Use &rank=off to prevent webcat from ranking the search results. Just >sorting the results does not turn ranking off, it only tells webcat to >sort the ranked results into groups based on your sort parameters.When I turn ranking off with &rank=off (ie, get the results in the same order they appear in the database) I get 1000 instances of 1.I've gone ahead and used the shuffle sort method to present the five items in random (enough) fashion with equal distribution -- the client's happy, I'm happy : )Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design800 Washington Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to
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On 2/23/00 3:36 pm, Kenneth Grome so noted...>>On 2/23/00 1:58 pm, Joseph D'Andrea so noted... >> >>>Doh... >>> >>>Rob... the item that is missing from your implementation of my scheme >>>is rwTYPE=num in the [search] context. That's why your numbers get >>>stuck once the weight gets to 100. >> >>Ahhh... well, *that* wasn't in the original post! ; ) >> >>That fixes the strange results, but I get the numbers 4 2 5 3 1 in the >>same repeating sequence for the entirety of the loop (and I wonder why >>WebCat is selecting them in that particular order consistently?) > >Use &rank=off to prevent webcat from ranking the search results. Just >sorting the results does not turn ranking off, it only tells webcat to >sort the ranked results into groups based on your sort parameters.When I turn ranking off with &rank=off (ie, get the results in the same order they appear in the database) I get 1000 instances of 1.I've gone ahead and used the shuffle sort method to present the five items in random (enough) fashion with equal distribution -- the client's happy, I'm happy : )Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design800 Washington Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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