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Shane Devenshire Shane Devenshire is offline
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Default How do I randomly select cells regardless of cell content?

Hi,

Careful with
=INDEX(1:65536,INT(RAND()*65536),INT(RAND()*256))

RAND generates a random number between 0 and 1. Suppose the result is
<=0.00001
INDEX(1:65536,0,0) is #VALUE!

Instead
=INDEX(1:65536,INT(RAND()*65535+1),INT(RAND()*255+ 1))

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Cheers,
Shane Devenshire

"Luke M" wrote in message
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If you mean randomly find the value of a cell,
=INDEX(1:65536,INT(RAND()*65536),INT(RAND()*256))
Every time a calculation is performed, this will randomly pick a different
cell in the spreadsheet.

If you want an actual selection, you'll have to use VBA. If we knew more
about the goal/purpose, might be able to provide additional help.
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Luke M
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"gmadden2" wrote:

I'm attempting to unconditonally and randomly select cells in a
spreadsheet