---
name: "WWW::Search::Null::Count"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libwww-search-perl"
version: "2.51.90+~cs6.78-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/WWW::Search::Null::Count"
---

# WWW::Search::Null::Count(3pm)

class for testing WWW::Search clients

## NAME

WWW::Search::Null::Count - class for testing WWW::Search clients

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use WWW::Search;
  my $iCount = 4;
  my $oSearch = new WWW::Search('Null::Count',
                                '_null_count' => $iCount,
                               );
  $oSearch->native_query('Makes no difference what you search for...');
  my @aoResults = $oSearch->results;
  # ...You get $iCount results.
```

## DESCRIPTION

This class is a specialization of WWW::Search that returns some hits, but no error message.  The number of hits returned can be controlled by adding a '\_null\_count' hash entry onto the call to **WWW::Search::new()**.  The default is 5.

This module might be useful for testing a client program without actually being connected to any particular search engine.

## AUTHOR

Martin 'Kingpin' Thurn, `"mthurn at cpan.org"`, \<http://tinyurl.com/nn67z\>.