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Functions and commands

Combination

The number of combinations (without regard to order) of n

things taken r at a time.

COMB(n,r)

Example: Suppose you want to know how many ways five

things can be combined two at a time.

COMB(5,2)

returns

10.

Permutation

Number of permutations (with regard to order) of n things

taken r at a time: n!/(n–r)!.

PERM (n,r)

Example: Suppose you want to know how many permutations

there are for five things taken two at a time.

PERM(5,2)returns

20.

Random

Number

Random number. With no argument, this function returns a

random number between zero and one. With one argument

a, it returns a random number between 0 and a. With two

arguments, a, and b, returns a random number between a

and b. With three arguments, n, a, and b, returns n random

number between a and b.

RANDOM
RANDOM(a)
RANDOM(a,b
RANDOM(n,a,b)

Integer

Random integer. With no argument, this function returns either

0 or 1 randomly. With one integer argument a, it returns a

random integer between 0 and a. With two arguments, a,

and b, returns a random integer between a and b. With three

integer arguments, n, a, and b, returns n random integers

between a and b.

RANDINT
RANDINT(a)
RANDINT(a,b)
RANDINT(n,a,b)

Normal

Random real number with normal distribution N(,).

RANDNORM(

,

)

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