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    Random Groups w/No Repeats

    Good Evening!

    I have a classroom that has a max of 12 students in it. Every 5 weeks the class size fluctuates, so it's not always a static 12 students. I am trying to figure out how to create a spreadsheet in Excel that can organize the partners so that there are no repeats until all the pairing options have been exhausted.

    I found a great video online, only to find out that it MRAND doesn't work with my Office version (2016). (It's here if you would like to see what I have found thus far: youtube.com/watch?v=rYrGF8ib7WY)

    I've been trying to come up with a way to do this in Excel for well over a year and can't figure it out.

    Thank you so much for your help!
    Brandi

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    Re: Random Groups w/No Repeats

    Here's how you do a random selection of a list without repeating without using MoreFunc (MRAND).
    Not sure how you'd do partners not repeating.

    The below simply picks a random person from the 12 without repeating, output in column C

    Random list, no duplicates
    A1:A12 Put a list of their names
    B1:B12 =RAND()
    C1:C12 =INDEX(A$1:A$12,MATCH(SMALL(B$1:B$12,ROW()),B$1:B$12,0))
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    Ensure you describe your problem clearly, I have little time available to solve these problems and do not appreciate numerous changes to them.

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    Re: Random Groups w/No Repeats

    Anyone else have any suggestions? This is close but doesn't solve the problem. Thanks in advance!

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    Re: Random Groups w/No Repeats

    You could thank the person that made the suggestion and explain why it doesn't suit your requirement, rather than ask someone else to make a random guess as to what you actually want.
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