I want to shuffle a pack of playing cards using excel

Excel has no hands - would you care to elaborate?! Are you after 52 cells
(or 54 with 2 jokers) each containing a different value of card?
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I want to shuffle a pack of playing cards using excel

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I want to shuffle a pack of playing cards using excel


You can use these formulas from Ivano Chiappa, a very smart guy on
microsoft.public.it.office.excel newsgroup:

In D1 put:

=INT(RAND()*(last-first+1))+first

while in D2 put as an arry formula (i.e. with Ctrl + Shift + Enter instead
of Enter):

=INDEX(LARGE(IF(NOT(ISERROR(MATCH(ROW(INDIRECT("A" &first&":A"&last)),$D$1:D1,0))),0,ROW(INDIRECT("A" &first&":A"&last))),ROW(INDIRECT("A1:A"&last-first))),INT(RAND()*(last-first+1-ROW(A1))))

then you have to copy down till D52 (or D54 if you have also 2 jokers)

where first mean the lowst number, in your case is 1, while last mean your
highest value, so 52 or 54 if you have also 2 jokers

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Hope I helped you.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Ciao

Franz Verga from Italy

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I want to shuffle a pack of playing cards using excel

For several different options see
Random Selection
http://www.tushar-mehta.com/excel/ne...ion/index.html

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Tushar Mehta
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Hello,

I suggest to take my UDF UniqRandInt from www.sulprobil.com.

It will help you even if you have two card decks (=104 cards) and if
each player can get card number 1..54 twice (but not more often!).

Regards,
Bernd