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Default Random numbers but with a bias

=IF(RANDBETWEEN(0,2)=2,1,0)

If random number is 1 or 0, returns 0. If 2, returns 1. This gives the value
of 0 a 2-1 advantage.
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"nurrrthk" wrote:

Hi,
I need to populate a test table with some random numbers.
Example : 0 or 1.
I fill in the table with "= Randbetween(0;1)" and that does the trick.

But now I need to bias the data so there is - for example -
twice a many chances of 0 than there is of 1.

How would I do that ?

TIA
Nurrrrthk