Luuk has written on 7/5/2014 5:01 AM: > On 5-7-2014 00:08, Pikov Andropov wrote: >> I have a list of names in column A. >> >> I would like like to click something and produce a list of random pairs, >> say in col B. >> >> For example, suppose I have >> >> Jack >> Jill >> Sam >> Susan >> Bill >> Joe >> >> I click and get >> >> Jack, Jill >> Joe, Susan >> Sam, Bill >> >> I don't save the result, and the next tie I run it, I get >> >> Sam, Jack >> Bill, Joe >> Susan, Jill >> >> Thanks. >> > > Yes, this can be done in Calc > > First,assign a unique number to the names, i did put those number in > column B, so i get: > Names Seqeuence > Jack 3 > Jill 2 > Sam 1 > Susan 4 > Bill 6 > Joe 5 > > Then, i have this foruma in D2: > =INDIRECT("A"&TEXT(B2+1;"0")) > which i copy from B2 to B3..B7
What am I copying from B2 to B3..B7 if the formula is in D2??? > i get: > Names Seqeuence > Jack 3 Sam > Jill 2 Jill > Sam 1 Jack > Susan 4 Susan > Bill 6 Joe > Joe 5 Bill > > Last bit: > In E5: =D2&","&D5 > Copy this from D2 to D3..D4 > > > Result: > Names Seqeuence > Jack 3 Sam Sam,Susan > Jill 2 Jill Jill,Joe > Sam 1 Jack Jack,Bill > Susan 4 Susan > Bill 6 Joe > Joe 5 Bill > > > Next time, the sequence is different Do I change the sequence numbers by hand???? -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted