BINGO

=BINGO()

BINGO returns a 75 ball Bingo card

lrobbo314

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BINGO returns a 75 ball Bingo card.

Excel Formula:
=LAMBDA(
    VSTACK(
        {"B","I","N","G","O"},
        IF(SEQUENCE(5,5)=13,
            "FREE",
            FILTER(SORTBY(TRANSPOSE(SEQUENCE(5,15)),RANDARRAY(15)),SEQUENCE(15)<6)
        )
    )
)

BINGO
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
1BINGOBINGOBINGO
211264156711025405570116314661
33183348639243954691025405570
4116FREE46611530FREE60751429FREE5974
58233853683183348631530456075
613284358737223752671126415671
7
8BINGOBINGOBINGO
97223752671429445974520355065
103183348638233853681126415671
11419FREE49641126FREE56711025FREE5570
1221732476215304560751429445974
135203550651025405570722375267
Data
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
A1:E6,M8:Q13,G8:K13,A8:E13,M1:Q6A1=BINGO()
Dynamic array formulas.
 
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Thanks, lol. Got Bingo on the brain.
 
Your Bingo formula looks good, but I do see a problem with the randomness of numbers of across rows. You will notice that every number in the B-column is followed by the same exact numbers in the other columns for every example table you posted. For example: {11, 26, 41, 56, 71} and {3, 18, 33, 48, 63} are always only present together, and they are exactly 15 numbers apart. Here is a formula that randomly generates numbers for each column BEFORE combining them:

Excel Formula:
=LET(name, {"B","I","N","G","O"}, 
Gen, LAMBDA(x,TAKE(SORTBY(SEQUENCE(15,,x),RANDARRAY(15)),5)), b, Gen(1),  i, Gen(16),  nn, Gen(31),  g, Gen(46),  o, Gen(61),  n, VSTACK(TAKE(nn, 2), "Free", TAKE(nn, -2)), game, HSTACK(b,i,n,g,o), card, VSTACK(name, game), card )
 
LAMBDA skills improved, so I thought I would post this updated version. Many thanks to lrobbo314 for the IF formula to add "Free"!
Excel Formula:
=VSTACK(
    {"B", "I", "N", "G", "O"},
    IF(
        SEQUENCE(5, 5) = 13,
        "Free",
        DROP(
            REDUCE(
                "",
                {1; 16; 31; 46; 61},
                LAMBDA(a, v,
                    HSTACK(a, TAKE(SORTBY(SEQUENCE(15, , v), RANDARRAY(15)), 5))
                )
            ),
            ,
            1
        )
    )
)
 
This is a good formula!!✌️
One suggestion though, to not hardcode 1,16,31,....you could have used seq(5,,,15)
............REDUCE(
"",
SEQUENCE(5,,,15),
LAMBDA(a,v,......................

Remembered that I created a SHUFFLE function that I used to help me create large random data sets and I did not use HSTACK or VSTACK because they are too "slow" for big sets.
Maybe if there is interest, I will publish it.
It was fun to apply it for something like bingo. 😊
Here is a glimpse of the functionality
LH that spill.xlsx
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV
1
2For BINGO main array will need to shuffle TRANSPOSE(SEQUENCE(5,15)) by column
3SHUFFLE by columnand TAKE only 5 rows
4ar=SHUFFLE(B5:D9,1)
51aA2aC=TRANSPOSE(SEQUENCE(5,15))=SHUFFLE(K6#,1)
62bB5dB116314661123365563
73cC3cA217324762327355861
84dD1bE318334863518435267
95eE4eD4193449641019314773
10520355065230325370
11SHUFFLE by row621365166429415064
12ar=SHUFFLE(B13:D17)722375267725454866
131aAa1A8233853681121445768
142bBbB29243954691322385962
153cCCc310254055701228424969
164dDDd411264156711420344672
175eEEe51227425772926406075
1813284358731524335665
19SHUFFLE by cell1429445974817395471
20ar=SHUFFLE(B21:D25,2)1530456075616375174
211aA5c1
222bBbCB=TAKE(Q6#,5)
233cCe34123365563
244dDdAD327355861
255eEE2a518435267
261019314773
27230325370
28
29single cell:
30=TAKE(SHUFFLE(TRANSPOSE(SEQUENCE(5,5)),1),5)
3139151724
3257111625
33110131822
3446141921
3528122023
36
Sheet3
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
F4,K30,Q22,F20,F12,Q5,K5F4=FORMULATEXT(F5)
F5:H9F5=SHUFFLE(B5:D9,1)
K6:O20K6=TRANSPOSE(SEQUENCE(5,15))
Q6:U20Q6=SHUFFLE(K6#,1)
F13:H17F13=SHUFFLE(B13:D17)
F21:H25F21=SHUFFLE(B21:D25,2)
Q23:U27Q23=TAKE(Q6#,5)
K31:O35K31=TAKE(SHUFFLE(TRANSPOSE(SEQUENCE(5,5)),1),5)
Dynamic array formulas.
 
I looked through the LAMBDA forum and I couldn't find your SHUFFLE formula @Xlambda. Can you post the formula or a link? I'd be interested to see that one.
 
Cool, as I said: "Maybe if there is interest, I will publish it."
It must be on a new thread. There is a module group of simple functions interconnected that call each other. So needs a proper presentation.😉
 
This is something I've come back to a few times. The shuffle by rows and by columns. Seeing this yesterday gave me some motivation. Now I figured it out.

Just curious. You say that VSTACK and HSTACK are 'slow'. The solution I came up with uses TOCOL, TOROW, WRAPCOLS, and WRAPROWS. Are those 'slow' in your opinion? Or am I on the same track as you with this shuffle LAMBDA?
 

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