using randombetween to arrive at dollars and cents
 

I'm trying to get a series of random monetary numbers that are between $0.01
and $99.99. Using "=randombetween(.01,99.99)" seems to only give the dollars
and makes no cents (pun intended).
The only way I've figured to do this is by using the formula
"=RANDBETWEEN(1,99)/100+RANDBETWEEN(1,99)".
Is there a more elegant way?

using randombetween to arrive at dollars and cents
 

Try this:

=ROUND(RAND()*(99.99-0.01)+0.01,2)
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HTH,

RD

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"Bob Arnett" wrote in message
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I'm trying to get a series of random monetary numbers that are between
$0.01
and $99.99. Using "=randombetween(.01,99.99)" seems to only give the
dollars
and makes no cents (pun intended).
The only way I've figured to do this is by using the formula
"=RANDBETWEEN(1,99)/100+RANDBETWEEN(1,99)".
Is there a more elegant way?

using randombetween to arrive at dollars and cents
 

numbers that are between $0.01 and $99.99.
"=RANDBETWEEN(1,99)/100 + RANDBETWEEN(1,99)".

I may be wrong, but it appears that your equation gives a minimum value
of 1 +.01 (=1.01) vs your stated 0.01.

How about a slight change to your equation?

=RANDBETWEEN(1,9999)/100

= = = =
HTH :)
Dana DeLouis



Bob Arnett wrote:
I'm trying to get a series of random monetary numbers that are between $0.01
and $99.99. Using "=randombetween(.01,99.99)" seems to only give the dollars
and makes no cents (pun intended).
The only way I've figured to do this is by using the formula
"=RANDBETWEEN(1,99)/100+RANDBETWEEN(1,99)".
Is there a more elegant way?

using randombetween to arrive at dollars and cents
 

Thanks, both formulas work perfectly but I do prefer the
"=RANDBETWEEN(1,9999)/100".

"Dana DeLouis" wrote:

numbers that are between $0.01 and $99.99.
"=RANDBETWEEN(1,99)/100 + RANDBETWEEN(1,99)".

I may be wrong, but it appears that your equation gives a minimum value
of 1 +.01 (=1.01) vs your stated 0.01.

How about a slight change to your equation?

=RANDBETWEEN(1,9999)/100

= = = =
HTH :)
Dana DeLouis



Bob Arnett wrote:
I'm trying to get a series of random monetary numbers that are between $0.01
and $99.99. Using "=randombetween(.01,99.99)" seems to only give the dollars
and makes no cents (pun intended).
The only way I've figured to do this is by using the formula
"=RANDBETWEEN(1,99)/100+RANDBETWEEN(1,99)".
Is there a more elegant way?