Hello! If you have your distribution 1 to 1000 for exemple. So, do =*RANDBETWEEN*(1:1000) Sorry if I posibly understand wrong
Best Regards André Luiz D´Avila - Auditor Moore Stephens Audit 2010/10/27 busboy10 <andrew.var...@gmail.com> > Hi All, > > Trying to do some modeling where I would like Excel to create a random > number that is picked from a known distribution. > > For example, I downloaded all S&P monthly data. Created a histogram > and know the distribution. Now I would like Excel to randomly > generate a number that follows the distribution of those returns. The > only way I can think to do it is have Excel randomly pick a row number > and use the return from that row as its number. > > Is there a more elegant way? > > Thanks in advance! > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Some important links for excel users: > 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : > http://twitter.com/exceldailytip > 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 > 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com > 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com > 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com > > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link > http://www.facebook.com/pages/discussexcelcom/160307843985936?v=wall&ref=ts > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : http://twitter.com/exceldailytip 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link http://www.facebook.com/pages/discussexcelcom/160307843985936?v=wall&ref=ts
