HELP: How to get random data from a 'table' using 'randbetween'

faizzsheikh

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I have a 2 column 'Table' with some data (alphabets not numbers). I want to generate random data from that table (column 1) into a cell.

I want to use 'Table' because when I add new data to the 'Table'... the random data will automatically consider the new data from the table.


Please help!
 

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With your data in a named range, (Name: "TABLE")
=INDEX(TABLE,RANDBETWEEN(1,ROWS(TABLE)))

If you don't want a named range
=INDEX(A:A,RANDBETWEEN(1,COUNTIF(A:A,"<>"&"")))
 
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The random generated data also includes the table 'Title', how can we exclude it?

I am using this formula: =INDEX(TABLE,RANDBETWEEN(1,ROWS(TABLE)))
 
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