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    Question Show a random cell from a chosen column to a different worksheet.

    Basically, what I am trying to achieve is to have a cell on one sheet that will retrieve a random cell's data from another sheet.

    So I'll have column A in the sheet named "data", which will contain a list of games that I want to play. What I want is for one of the games(read cells) in column A to be randomly selected and shown in the sheet named "now playing".

    I'm aware of the ='data'!A1 but this only shows me the specific cell. What I want is for excel to show me a random cell from a given range, say A2-A13.

    What I am trying to achieve to have a spreadsheet that will show me what games to play next by randomly choosing a game from a list on another sheet.

    I truly appreciate any response and will respond asap.

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    Re: Show a random cell from a chosen column to a different worksheet.

    Try
    =INDIRECT("'data!A'&(RAND()*12+2))
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    Ensure you describe your problem clearly, I have little time available to solve these problems and do not appreciate numerous changes to them.

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    Re: Show a random cell from a chosen column to a different worksheet.

    Quote Originally Posted by Special-K View Post
    Try
    =INDIRECT("'data!A'&(RAND()*12+2))
    Unfortunately that didn't work. I'm a bit of an excel newbie, so should I be putting anything in that formula? thanks for the reply.

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