Hi all,

I have searched for a solution (or building blocks to a solution) to
this, but haven't found anything so far, and all my attempts to solve
this problem elegantly have failed - perhaps you can help...

I am trying to send a request, which contains within it some search
criteria, that can narrow down a search result when submitted.
Let's say, for argument's sake, there are 3 terms that can be used to
restrict what comes back. Any combination of these 3 terms can be used -
and herein lies the problem. I can, using a regex and random controller,
send a request that randomly picks from one of those 3 terms (by
creating 3 child requests of the random controller), but what I can't do
is pick a random COMBINATION of these values.
Furthermore, following the 'regex-and-random-controller' approach, I end
up having to manually create a request for each of the possible
combinations ( => cartesian product).
In case I haven't been clear, an example:

For a pet shop, you can display what kinds of aninmals you would like to
see, e.g. 'dog','cat','bird'.
I can randomise and send requests using either only dog, or only cat, or
only bird, but I can't figure out how to send requests for a random
combination of any of those three:

<criteria>DOG</criteria>

or

<criteria>DOG+CAT</criteria>

or

<criteria>DOG+CAT+BIRD</criteria>

I hope I have explained this sufficiently... Thanks for your help.

Regards,
hiro


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