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Pick a Random name from a list.
I am working on a Free Give Away of some products. Our systems give me a
list of individuals who we have had contact which are then placed in excel. We would like to pick a weekly winner and would prefer not to throw darts at my screen. Any Ideas? |
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Pick a Random name from a list.
Maybe you could use a print-out of the list, a pair of scissors and a hat? :-)
Or maybe take a look at VBA's Rnd() function and Randomize statement? Rnd() will give you a random floating point number [0, 1) The VBA help is even kind enough to give you a formula to use to generate random numbers in the range [lowerbound, upperbound]: Int((upperbound - lowerbound + 1) * Rnd + lowerbound) Randomize is used to ensure that the sequence is truly random. Cheers, /MP "David M Fritzke" wrote: I am working on a Free Give Away of some products. Our systems give me a list of individuals who we have had contact which are then placed in excel. We would like to pick a weekly winner and would prefer not to throw darts at my screen. Any Ideas? |
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Pick a Random name from a list.
And by 'truly' he means 'good enough for a raffle' :)
Jeff "Mat P:son" wrote in message ... Maybe you could use a print-out of the list, a pair of scissors and a hat? :-) Or maybe take a look at VBA's Rnd() function and Randomize statement? Rnd() will give you a random floating point number [0, 1) The VBA help is even kind enough to give you a formula to use to generate random numbers in the range [lowerbound, upperbound]: Int((upperbound - lowerbound + 1) * Rnd + lowerbound) Randomize is used to ensure that the sequence is truly random. Cheers, /MP "David M Fritzke" wrote: I am working on a Free Give Away of some products. Our systems give me a list of individuals who we have had contact which are then placed in excel. We would like to pick a weekly winner and would prefer not to throw darts at my screen. Any Ideas? |
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Pick a Random name from a list.
Thanks I will give that a try!
"Mat P:son" wrote: Maybe you could use a print-out of the list, a pair of scissors and a hat? :-) Or maybe take a look at VBA's Rnd() function and Randomize statement? Rnd() will give you a random floating point number [0, 1) The VBA help is even kind enough to give you a formula to use to generate random numbers in the range [lowerbound, upperbound]: Int((upperbound - lowerbound + 1) * Rnd + lowerbound) Randomize is used to ensure that the sequence is truly random. Cheers, /MP "David M Fritzke" wrote: I am working on a Free Give Away of some products. Our systems give me a list of individuals who we have had contact which are then placed in excel. We would like to pick a weekly winner and would prefer not to throw darts at my screen. Any Ideas? |
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