Hello,
Time out? Never happened to me.
Anyway, the function is:
Option Explicit
'If lRange >> n then set LATE_INITIALISATION to true
'For example if lRange=1000000 and if 1000 cells are selected (n=1000)
#Const LATE_INITIALISATION = False
'If random integers may occur more than once, allow repetitions
#Const ALLOW_REPETITION = True
Public Function UniqRandInt(ByVal lRange As Long, _
Optional ByVal lMaxOccurence As Long = 1) As Variant
'Returns n unique (=non-repeating) random ints within 1..lRange,
'lRange >= n if n cells in a worksheet have been selected and the
'function has been entered as array formula (CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER).
'Set lMaxOccurences > 1 if random integers may occur more than once.
'Algorithm by: sulprobil
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Dim vA As Variant
Dim vR As Variant
Dim i As Long
Dim lr As Long
Dim lRow As Long
Dim lCol As Long
Application.Volatile
If TypeName(Application.Caller) <> "Range" Then
UniqRandInt = CVErr(xlErrRef)
Exit Function
End If
#If ALLOW_REPETITION Then
lRange = lRange * lMaxOccurence
If lMaxOccurence < 1 Then
UniqRandInt = CVErr(xlErrNum)
Exit Function
End If
#Else
If lMaxOccurence <> 1 Then
UniqRandInt = CVErr(xlErrNum)
Exit Function
End If
#End If
If Application.Caller.Count > lRange Then
UniqRandInt = CVErr(xlErrValue)
Exit Function
End If
ReDim vR(1 To Application.Caller.Rows.Count, _
1 To Application.Caller.Columns.Count)
ReDim vA(1 To lRange)
#If Not LATE_INITIALISATION Then
For i = 1 To lRange
#If ALLOW_REPETITION Then
vA(i) = Int((i - 1) / lMaxOccurence) + 1
#Else
vA(i) = i
#End If
Next i
#End If
i = 1
For lRow = 1 To UBound(vR, 1)
For lCol = 1 To UBound(vR, 2)
lr = Int(((lRange - i + 1) * Rnd) + 1)
#If LATE_INITIALISATION Then
If vA(lr) = 0 Then 'Late initialisation
#If ALLOW_REPETITION Then
vR(lRow, lCol) = Int((lr - 1) / lMaxOccurence) + 1
#Else
vR(lRow, lCol) = lr
#End If
Else
#End If
vR(lRow, lCol) = vA(lr)
#If LATE_INITIALISATION Then
End If
If vA(lRange - i + 1) = 0 Then 'Late initialisation
#If ALLOW_REPETITION Then
vA(lr) = Int((lRange - i + 1 - 1) / lMaxOccurence) +
1
#Else
vA(lr) = lRange - i + 1
#End If
Else
#End If
vA(lr) = vA(lRange - i + 1)
#If LATE_INITIALISATION Then
End If
#End If
i = i + 1
Next lCol
Next lRow
UniqRandInt = vR
End Function
HTH, Bernd
