I need to set up a random matrix in Excel but I don't want the numbers from
the first column to be identical to the corresponding number in the second
column. Any ideas? (Aside from manually looking for duplicates)

"Kat" wrote:
I need to set up a random matrix in Excel but I don't want the numbers from
the first column to be identical to the corresponding number in the second
column. Any ideas? (Aside from manually looking for duplicates)

Here's a sample which illustrates one way to set it up for a list of 12
unique items / numbers. The startpoint is simply to list the 12 items into a
column range on a sheet. Then we could generate the random shuffle of the 12
items (ie wo repeats) into various configs elsewhere as desired into
matrices/tables comprising, eg: 4Rx3C, 3Rx4C, 6Rx2C, 2Rx6C, etc

http://www.savefile.com/files/7984226
Random Shuffling a col list of 12 Items in various configs elsewhere.xls
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Max
Singapore
http://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
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