To use it, enter `=RAND ()` into a cell, and Excel will return a random decimal value. If you need random numbers within a specific range, you can scale the output using a formula.

In the Function Arguments dialog box, enter the bottom (lowest) number of your range and a top (highest) number of your range, then click OK. Copy the formula from B3 down through B14, then press ...

A volatile function is a function that recalculates every time a change is made to an Excel worksheet, or whenever an existing workbook is reopened. Going one step further, when a volatile function is ...

Excel provides three functions for generating random values: RAND(), RANDARRAY(), and RANDBETWEEN(), but there’s no comparable function for generating random letters. The truth is, most of won ...

RANDARRAY (6,1,1,10) which returns a single list of six random numbers between 1 and 10. The INDEX () function uses those six random numbers to return names from the Table, Names.

Excel uses the function RAND () to return a random and uniformly distributed number between 0 and 1, every time the worksheet is calculated. If you are analyzing how fluctuations in sales will ...