Flashy, weighted, random name selector

[skell]

Hey all

 

Been asked to create a "flashy" weighted random number generator.

 

Anyone seen anything like this or point me in the right direction? At the moment I have a working Excel spreadsheet than keeps me a weighted selection. I can jazz it up a bit but was hoping for something a little simpler, perhaps something that looks up the contestants from a CSV file and just displays that name on the screen?

 

Thanks!

[bossman]

@skell

 

Random Number Generator - generate a random number between 1 and any other number

 

You can also download a standalone version of it

 

rndnogen - Random Number generator

 

Don't know if this is what you wanted?

 

Edit: Confused the Title says Random Name Generator yet you asking for Random Number Generator?

 

Here you go just go to edit and input the class names then save and run

http://www.classtools.net/random-name-picker/

Edited November 3, 2016 by bossman

[skell]

Sorry, I'm doing 12 things at once

 

Its a weighted random NAME selector, preferably offline. The suggestion isn't suitable as it doesn't allow for weighting.

 

Something like The Hat would be great, if you could add weighing, which you can't.

Edited November 3, 2016 by skell

[elsiegee40]

You can always weight it by adding some names in more than once.

 

If you use a random number generator, simply allocate more than one number to certain people.

 

It works like a raffle. Some people get more tickets than others

[bossman]

@skell

 

Here is a program for random student selection which you can weight as @elsiegee40 has suggested and away you go

 

Full instructions once you have ran the executable which produces the data file required and the help file all in one

 

Hope this helps