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Excel allows us to create to generate random numbers list withoutItduplicates

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RANDBETWEEN, RANK.EQ and COUNTIF functions. This step by step tutorial will assist all levels of
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 Figure 1. The final result of the formula

Syntax of the RANDBETWEEN Formula 

=RANDBETWEEN(bottom, top)
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The parameters of the RANDBETWEEN function are:

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bottom – a value from which we want to get a random value

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Syntax of the RANK.EQ Formula
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The generic formula for the RANK.EQ function is:

=RANK.EQ(number, ref, [order])

The parameters of the RANK.EQ function are:

number – a number for which we want to find the rank in the array
ref – the array where we want to rank the number
[order] – a type of ranking data in the ascending or the descending order (0 or omitted value).

Syntax of the COUNTIF Formula

The generic formula for the COUNTIF function is:

=COUNTIF(range, criteria)

The parameters of the COUNTIF function are:

range – the range from which we want to count the non-blank cells
criteria – the criteria for counting the cells in the range

Generate Random Number List With No

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In column B, we will first generate random numbers from 10 and 30 using the RANDBETWEEN
function. As the function can generate duplicate numbers, in column C, we will generate a new list of
numbers without duplicates.

The formula in column B looks like:

=RANDBETWEEN(10, 30)

The bottom parameter of the function is 10, while the top parameter is 30.

To apply the RANDBETWEEN formula, we need to follow these steps:

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Insert the formula: =RANDBETWEEN(10,30)
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 Figure 2. Using the RANDBETWEEN formula to get random numbers 10-30 list

Now we can use the combination of RANK.EQ and COUNTIF functions to create a list without
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The formula in the cell C3 looks like: Did this article solve your problem? 

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=9 + RANK.EQ(B3, $B$3:$B$23) + COUNTIF($B$3:B3, B3) - 1

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parameter range in the COUNTIF function is the cell range $B$3:B3 while the criteria is the cell B3.
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The number parameter of the RANK.EQ function is the cell B3, while the parameter ref is the range
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To apply the formula, we need to follow these steps:

Select cell C3 and click on it

Insert the formula: =9+RANK.EQ(B3,$B$3:$B$23)+COUNTIF($B$3:B3,B3)-1
Press enter
Drag the formula down to the other cells in the column by clicking and dragging the little “+”
icon at the bottom-right of the cell.

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Figure 3. Generate a list of random numbers 10-30 Only

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As we can see in Figure 3, column B has numbers 10-30 with duplicates,
RANDBETWEEN function is used. In column C, we have same numbers 10-30, but without duplicates
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