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random #'s for a population how do you sort w/o changing #'s
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? |
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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 -- Mike When competing hypotheses are otherwise equal, adopt the hypothesis that introduces the fewest assumptions while still sufficiently answering the question. "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? |
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random #'s for a population how do you sort w/o changing #'s
Are you using the volatile RAND function?
Copy/paste special/values before sorting. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:01:02 -0800, 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? |
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random #'s for a population how do you sort w/o changing #'s
Suppose you random numbers are in range A1:A20,
in cell B1, type: =SMALL(A1:A20,ROW()) and copy down. Every press on [F9] will re-generate a new set of numbers which will be automatically sorted, in Col. B Micky "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? |
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