So let's say that I want to create a fake listing of bank transactions. I want all 1000 transactions to happen at 1 of four branches:
1. Eastern Ave
2. Wall Street
3. 112th Ave
4. Broadway
How do I tell Excel to pick from my list of 4 branches and populate the list?
Here's my take
There are multiple ways to do it using rand function - based on probability distribution etc.
However for the sake of a single-cell formula to fill the list: =IF(RANDBETWEEN(1,4)=1,"Eastern Ave",IF(RANDBETWEEN(1,4)=2,"Wall Street",IF(RANDBETWEEN(1,4)=3,"112th Ave","Broadway")))
And you basically want to hard copy the list (special paste value) to another tab/sheet to avoid the list changing everytime you refresh the worksheet.
Cheers
Maybe this is a bit more elegant and easier to expand: - Assume your branch locations are in E4:E7 - Use formula: =INDIRECT("E"&RANDBETWEEN(4,7))
i'm going to try this when i'm back at the office, thanks euro
i had seen solutions that looked more like hswc but I was thinking there had to be a more simplistic way
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