Storing Results of a Dice Roll

[Simonc64]

Hi Guys

Hope this is possible. I have a neat little single dice roll set up, but now that is working, I want to "store" the results of each roll in consecutive cells.

So, dice roll 1 scores a 5 store in cell G1
dice roll 2 scores a 3 store in cell G2
dice roll 3 scores a 1 store in cell G3

and so on.............

So not only do i need to store the result so that it doesn't change on every dice roll, I need to put each subsequent "roll" into a new cell

Hope you can help!

 

[Rick Rothstein]

Hi Guys

Hope this is possible. I have a neat little single dice roll set up, but now that is working, I want to "store" the results of each roll in consecutive cells.

So, dice roll 1 scores a 5 store in cell G1
dice roll 2 scores a 3 store in cell G2
dice roll 3 scores a 1 store in cell G3

and so on.............

So not only do i need to store the result so that it doesn't change on every dice roll, I need to put each subsequent "roll" into a new cell

You will need to use a VBA macro to do that...

Sub RollDie()
  Cells(Rows.Count, "G").End(xlUp).Offset(1) = [RANDBETWEEN(1,6)]
End Sub

HOW TO INSTALL MACROs
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If you are new to macros, they are easy to install and use. To install it, simply press ALT+F11 to go into the VB editor and, once there, click Insert/Module on its menu bar, then copy/paste the above code into the code window that just opened up. That's it.... you are done. To use the macro, go back to the worksheet with your data on it and press ALT+F8, select the macro name (RollDie) from the list that appears and click the Run button. The macro will execute and perform the action(s) you asked for. If you will need to do this again in this same workbook, and if you are using XL2007 or above, make sure you save your file as an "Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm) and answer the "do you want to enable macros" question as "yes" or "OK" (depending on the button label for your version of Excel) the next time you open your workbook.

To make things simpler for you (especially if you will need to call this macro often), when you select the macro from the list, before clicking Run, you can click the Options button and assign a keyboard shortcut to it first and then use that keyboard shortcut the next time you want to run the macro. Alternately, you can assign this macro to a Form Control Button so that you can just click it in order to run the macro.

 

[Simonc64]

Rick that is amazing! Thank you so much!