Allie wrote...
>I've been trying to generate random numbers using excel's random number
>generator in the analysis toolpak. I'm using Uniform number generation
>between 0 and 1, and I am using a random seed, as I would like to be able to
>re-generate the same numbers in the future.
>
>Using seeds from 1 to 10, when i fill a range of 16 cells with random
>numbers, the first cell filled is always the lowest. This is an extremely
>unlikely circumstance with a true RN generator. I just wanted to raise this
>flag, as it could be affecting others without their knowledge.
First, this isn't the appropriate newsgroup for this detailed level of
Excel functionality. You'd be better off posting in
microsoft.public.excel.misc, to which I've cross-posted this reply.
This is a know problem. See
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...36f9fec558b658
(or http://makeashorterlink.com/?G2C0129CB ).
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