VBA Function – Populating a Range With Random Values

Populate Cells With Random Values

The following code will populate a given range with a random number between 0 and 1000:

Sub Randomise_Range(Cell_Range As Range)
' Will randomise each cell in Range
Dim Cell
'Turn off screen alerts
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For Each Cell In Cell_Range
Cell.Value = Rnd * 1000
Next Cell
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

The code “Application.ScreenUpdating =FALSE” and “Application.ScreenUpdating = TRUE” serve to turn off and turn on screen alerts – making the code much faster to run.

It can be set up via a click event, with the main routine specifying the range:

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Randomise_Range (Sheets("Sheet3").Range("A1:T8000"))
End Sub

So this case, cells A1:T8000 on sheet 3 are populated with random numbers – once the command button 1 is clicked.