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#!/usr/bin/env sh

word_length=$1
all_words=/usr/share/dict/words

# use outer wrapping parens to convert to an array
words=( $(grep -E "^.{$word_length}$" $all_words) )

num_words=${#words[@]} # get length of words array
index=$(($RANDOM % $num_words)) # make a random index

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const rp = require('request-promise')
const cheerio = require('cheerio')

const buildURL = (searchQuery) => {
  return `http://www.imdb.com/find?q=${searchQuery}&s=tt&ref_=fn_al_tt_mr`
}

const parseResults = ($) => {
  return $('td.result_text')
    .map((i, el) => $(el).text().replace(/  - /g, "\n   - "))

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/*
A very basic sorting function (not at all optimized)

Might be useful if you're trying to understand how Array#sort() works

The way this sorting "algorithm" works is as follows:

1. start with an unsorted array of items and a comparison function
2. iterate through each item in the unsorted array
3. if there are no items in the sorted array