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Default random #'s for a population how do you sort w/o changing #'s

Anna,

As you correctly observe the numbers change because the sort causes the
worrksheet to recalculate. There are a number of ways around it.

One suggestion is copy your random numbers and paste special/paste values
into another range and then sort this range
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"Anna" wrote:

How do you use the sort filter smallest to largest? When I try I see that
the numbers are changing not just reordering? Any ideas?