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    Re: Random numbers whose sums equals "x"

    The approach of generating random numbers and scaling by their sum favors mid-size numbers at the expense of small and large numbers.

    The approach described in post #5 favors large and small numbers at the expense of mid-size numbers.

    The UDF at the cross-post generates numbers with a Dirichlet distribution, the same distribution as the numbers in all 5-element partitions of the sum.
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