RANDOMNESS IS A valuable commodity. Computer models of complex systems ranging from the weather to the stockmarket are voracious consumers of random numbers. Cryptography, too, relies heavily on ...

It’s easy to return random values in Microsoft Excel, but returning random letters might leave you scratching your head. Fortunately, you only need two functions. Excel provides three functions for ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a method to generate what they describe as ...

Eeny, meeny, miny, mo, catch a tiger by the toe – so the rhyme goes. But even children know that counting-out rhymes like this are no help at making a truly random choice. Perhaps you remember when ...

Using the inherent quantum flickering of empty space, researchers have figured out how to generate random numbers at an unprecedented rate. The record-breaking method could be used to enhance ...

Use the RANDARRAY() dynamic array function to return random names or other text in Microsoft Excel. The recent article How to generate random letters in Excel shows you how to generate random letters.

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to generate scannable barcodes in Excel in two simple steps. You will also learn how to create random barcodes. A barcode is a machine-readable representation of ...