I am trying to randomly select a repeating number in a matrix. I have seen the different random number and random select codes out there, but specifically what I'm asking is how to go about selecting a number that repeats in a matrix multiple times, not numbers between a certain range or a specific number that occurs in a matrix either. In other words, say I have a matrix like the following:
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There are multiple 5's here, but for my purposes I only want to select one of those 5's. Is there a way to do this in Excel?
Also, I can only run macros in MSExcel 2004 for Mac because 2008 doesn't allow macros. Hopefully that doesn't cause any probs.
Thanks!
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There are multiple 5's here, but for my purposes I only want to select one of those 5's. Is there a way to do this in Excel?
Also, I can only run macros in MSExcel 2004 for Mac because 2008 doesn't allow macros. Hopefully that doesn't cause any probs.
Thanks!