Fill Random Numbers

Populate a cell range with automatically generated pseudo random numbers with the selected distribution function and its parameters.

To access this command...

From the menu bar:

Choose Sheet - Fill Cells - Fill Random Number

Data

Cell Range

Define the range of cells to fill with random numbers. If you have previously selected a range, it will be displayed here.

Random number generator

Distribution

The distribution function for the random number generator.

Valid distributions function and their parameters are

Distribution	Parameters
Uniform	Minimum: The minimum value of the sample. Maximum: The maximum value of the sample.
Uniform Integer	Minimum: The minimum value of the sample. Maximum: The maximum value of the sample.
Normal	Mean: The mean of the Normal distribution. Standard Deviation: The standard deviation of the Normal distribution. The mean and standard deviation of the numbers generated may not equal the Mean and Standard Deviation supplied in the dialogue box.
Cauchy	Median: the median of the data or location parameter. Sigma: the scale parameter. The median and sigma of the generated numbers may not equal the data supplied in the dialogue box.
Bernoulli	p Value: The probability of success.
Binomial	p Value: The probability of success of each trial. Number of trials: the number of trials of the experiment.
Chi-Squared	Nu Value: a positive integer that specifies the number of degrees of freedom.
Geometric	p Value: The probability of success of each trial.
Negative Binomial	p Value: The probability of success of each trial. Number of trials: the number of trials of the experiment.
Poisson	Mean: The mean of the Poisson distribution.

Options

Enable custom seed

Set the initial value of the random number generator to a known value Seed.

Seed

Value set to initiate the random number generator algorithm. It is used to initialise (seed) the random number generator in order to reproduce the same sequence of pseudorandom numbers. Specify a positive integer number (1, 2, ...) to produce a specific sequence or leave the field blank if you don't need this particular feature.

Enable rounding

Round the number to a given number of Decimal Places.

Decimal places

Number of decimal places of the numbers generated.