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Microsoft® Excel® 2010 Formulas & Functions Inside Out
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Microsoft® Excel® 2010 Formulas & Functions Inside Out

by Helmut Reinke Egbert Jeschke Sara Unverhau, Eckehard Pfeifer, Bodo Fienitz, and Jens Bock
December 2011
Intermediate to advanced
1088 pages
24h 50m
English
Microsoft Press
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RANDBETWEEN()

Syntax. RANDBETWEEN(bottom,top)

Definition. This function returns a random number from a range. A new random number is returned every time the worksheet is calculated.

Arguments

  • bottom (required) The smallest integer RANDBETWEEN() can return

  • top (required) The largest integer RANDBETWEEN() can return

Background. Random values are necessary in engineering and natural sciences to simulate processes.

To generate a random date, the value has to be a number.

Tip: Use RANDBETWEEN() to generate a random number

If you want to use RANDBETWEEN() to generate a random number but don’t want the numbers to change every time the cell is calculated, you can enter =RANDBETWEEN(bottom,top) in the formula bar and then press F9 to change the formula to a random ...

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