Random Selection
I have a list of numbers that I need Excel to randomly pick 40 of. I can't
use the RAND function because these numbers don't increment by one all the time. Any ideas how Excel can give me this list? Thanks! |
Random Selection
One way ..
Assume you have a list of 50 numbers (or whatever items) in A1:A50 Put in C1: =RAND(), copy C1 down to C50 Put in B1: =INDEX(A:A,RANK(C1,$C$1:$C$50)) Copy B1 down to B40, to return 40 non repeating random selections of the list in A1:A50. If you want the full 50 randomized, copy B1 down to B50. Press F9 to re-generate -- Rgds Max xl 97 --- Singapore, GMT+8 xdemechanik http://savefile.com/projects/236895 -- "Cris" wrote in message ... I have a list of numbers that I need Excel to randomly pick 40 of. I can't use the RAND function because these numbers don't increment by one all the time. Any ideas how Excel can give me this list? Thanks! |
Random Selection
Use the list of numbers you have, in an adjacent column put the =RAND()
formula, copy down so all values in the list has an adjacent rand value, select both columns and sort by the rand column, select the first 40 values from the list -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom (No private emails please) "Cris" wrote in message ... I have a list of numbers that I need Excel to randomly pick 40 of. I can't use the RAND function because these numbers don't increment by one all the time. Any ideas how Excel can give me this list? Thanks! |
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