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In my excel spreadsheet, I am trying to randomly sort a large list. I am doing this by adding in a new column to my table. This table is assigned a random integer between 1 and 10. This is done by =FLOOR(10 * RAND(), 1). Then I want to sort this list of numbers from smallest to largest.

All of this is working except the sorting. When I try to sort it, excel changes the order of the numbers slightly, but it is not from smallest to largest.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Thanks!

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  • The rand() function recalculates itself. You need to copy and paste values, then sort.
    – Raystafarian
    Jun 9, 2015 at 18:15
  • If you're getting your data sorted based on the first set of random numbers, isn't that good enough?  Do you need to maintain a record of the random values that were the basis for the sort?
    – Scott - Слава Україні
    Jun 10, 2015 at 4:14

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Your rows are sorted by the previous values of =RAND().

After sorting, the =RAND() function is called again.

Turn off Automatic Calculation from Formulas (ribbon), Calculation Options, Manual.

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