Use a number of random images to display on a page.

[Knexo10]

I have a web page that I want to have loaded up to display with ten random pictures and corresponding descriptions around the logo of the site.

I want to have these pictures picked out of a list of about 30 different pictures.

I have my pictures names, paths, and Descriptions stored in a txt file that I update.

What would the best way to build this page using perl? Do I read my text file and create an array with all the available pictures names in it and then run some sort of random way of selecting a picture form that array?

I would need a way that would only pick pictures that had not already been picked.

I just need out some suggestions for this kind of operation before I start.

Also sample code would be nice.

 

[NEVERSLEEP]

# data:
name|paths|Descriptions
# idea:
# perlpath
#...
open DATA, &quot;<$datapath&quot; || die &dead;
@stuff = <DATA>;
close DATA;
$counter = 0
foreach $line (@stuff) {
if ($line == $wanted) {
push(@newstuff,$line)
}
$counter++;
}
# ... helping ?

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