1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/internal/api/utilities.go b/internal/api/utilities.go
index 508e341..4a816fc 100644
--- a/internal/api/utilities.go
+++ b/internal/api/utilities.go
@@ -72,3 +72,27 @@ func addRotLog(logs *[LogLength]string, last *int, parser chan string, value str
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func randomSelect[T any](src []T, n int) []T {
+    if n <= 0 || len(src) == 0 {
+        return nil
+    }
+    if n >= len(src) {
+        // Return a copy of the whole slice
+        cpy := make([]T, len(src))
+        copy(cpy, src)
+        return cpy
+    }
+
+    // Make a copy so we don't modify the original slice
+    tmp := make([]T, len(src))
+    copy(tmp, src)
+
+    // Shuffle the copy in‑place
+    rand.Shuffle(len(tmp), func(i, j int) {
+        tmp[i], tmp[j] = tmp[j], tmp[i]
+    })
+
+    // Return the first n elements of the shuffled slice
+    return tmp[:n]
+}