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HOW DO I CONVERT A NUMBER'S MOST SIGNIFICANT DIGIT TO A SINGLE DI.
I am trying to work a problem for a random number generator. Essentially,
the random number is being generated by using two random number generators (X = 1 to 100 and Y = 1 to 100) and then dividing X by Y to get a seed for the random nujber. I need to take the most significant digit of the number and convert it to an integer between 1 and 9. Any idea as to how I can do this? |
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HOW DO I CONVERT A NUMBER'S MOST SIGNIFICANT DIGIT TO A SINGLE DI.
First stop using capitals, as it is considered yelling.
Tyro "maxq777" wrote in message ... I am trying to work a problem for a random number generator. Essentially, the random number is being generated by using two random number generators (X = 1 to 100 and Y = 1 to 100) and then dividing X by Y to get a seed for the random nujber. I need to take the most significant digit of the number and convert it to an integer between 1 and 9. Any idea as to how I can do this? |
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On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:53:01 -0700, maxq777
wrote: I am trying to work a problem for a random number generator. Essentially, the random number is being generated by using two random number generators (X = 1 to 100 and Y = 1 to 100) and then dividing X by Y to get a seed for the random nujber. I need to take the most significant digit of the number and convert it to an integer between 1 and 9. Any idea as to how I can do this? I believe: =--MID(A1,MIN(SEARCH({1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"12345678 9")),1) will return the most significant digit as an integer. --ron |
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HOW DO I CONVERT A NUMBER'S MOST SIGNIFICANT DIGIT TO A SINGLE DI.
Just out of curiosity, in which random number function are you using this
"seed" value? Rick "maxq777" wrote in message ... I am trying to work a problem for a random number generator. Essentially, the random number is being generated by using two random number generators (X = 1 to 100 and Y = 1 to 100) and then dividing X by Y to get a seed for the random nujber. I need to take the most significant digit of the number and convert it to an integer between 1 and 9. Any idea as to how I can do this? |
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HOW DO I CONVERT A NUMBER'S MOST SIGNIFICANT DIGIT TO A SINGLEDI.
Hello,
Another solution might be =--LEFT(TEXT(ABS(A1),"0.000000000000000E+0"),1) Regards, Bernd |
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