Random Number Selection

[Work.Work.Work]

I need to randomly select 20 numbers from a list of 10k. How would I be able
to do this use the Random Generator?

 

[Gary''s Student]

Put the list in column A and in B1 enter:

=RAND() and copy down

then sort columns A & B by column B. This will shuffle the numbers in
column A.


Just pick the top 20 in column A.

 

[Work.Work.Work]

Thanks for the quick reply, but what I am looking for is an auto generator.
Where it takes my list of values and randomly select X amount of numbers and
generate a list for me?

 

[Gary''s Student]

In addition to what I said about columns A&B, in C1 enter:
=A1 and copy down thru C20

now when you sort columns A&B, column C will automatically have your 20
random picks.

 

[Chip Pearson]

I have a number of VBA functions for random numbers as
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/randomNumbers.aspx


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