How do I pick one or more items from a list of more than 10,000 at random?
In this case, you will need a subscription to the Premium Generator. Then use the following procedure: • Make sure all your items are numbered sequentially, for example by pasting them into rows in a spreadsheet. • Go to the Premium Generator and enter the number of items you want to pick into the first field (the number of integers to generate). • Enter the number of the first and the last item in your list (e.g., the row numbers in your spreadsheet) into the next two fields (the range for the integers). • Select the ‘Unique’ option to make sure each item can only be picked once. • Submit the form and use the resulting numbers as indices into your list. If you’re using a spreadsheet, they will be the numbers of the rows that contain the items picked. This procedure will allow you to pick up to 10,000 items from a list of up to 1,000,000,000. (Actually, the list can be up to 2,000,000,001 items long but then you need to assign negative numbers to some of them, which can be a bit messy.
In this case, you will need a subscription to the Premium Generator. Then use the following procedure: • Make sure all your items are numbered sequentially, for example by pasting them into rows in a spreadsheet. • Go to the Premium Generator and enter the number of items you want to pick into the first field (the number of integers to generate). • Enter the number of the first and the last item in your list (e.g., the row numbers in your spreadsheet) into the next two fields (the range for the integers). • Select the ‘Unique’ option to make sure each item can only be picked once. • Submit the form and use the resulting numbers as indices into your list. If you’re using a spreadsheet, they will be the numbers of the rows that contain the items picked. This procedure will allow you to pick up to 10,000 items from a list of up to 1,000,000,000.
