Random input?

[Sitt]

I'm making a test database up, but what I want to do is input a random model
machine name into columns of cells. In other words I want to stipulate say
25 different machine names and I want to put them randomly into a particular
column. Is this possible from within Excel without me having to type them in
by hand?

[Bucky]

Sitt wrote:
> I'm making a test database up, but what I want to do is input a
random model
> machine name into columns of cells. In other words I want to
stipulate say
> 25 different machine names and I want to put them randomly into a
particular
> column. Is this possible from within Excel without me having to type
them in
> by hand?

Can you define what a machine name is? Is it a word? how many
characters? can it be a number?

Can you just have a list like 1, 2, 3, ... or A, B, C...?

[Sitt]

Hi, it will most probably be both words and numbers.


"Bucky" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Sitt wrote:
>> I'm making a test database up, but what I want to do is input a
> random model
>> machine name into columns of cells. In other words I want to
> stipulate say
>> 25 different machine names and I want to put them randomly into a
> particular
>> column. Is this possible from within Excel without me having to type
> them in
>> by hand?
>
> Can you define what a machine name is? Is it a word? how many
> characters? can it be a number?
>
> Can you just have a list like 1, 2, 3, ... or A, B, C...?
>