Experiment it!!

A

Akhilesh Dalia

It's long but worth to experiment.

In MS Word just enter =rand(200,99) and observe what happens. My
observations are as per following. Please pore in your observation.

I have tried with several other combinations and their results are as per
following:

EQUATION NO. OF PAGES GENERATED
=rand(200,99) 235
=rand(199,99) 234
=rand(100,99) 118
=rand(50,99) 59
=rand(10,99) 12
=rand(5,99) 6
=rand(5,99) 2
=rand(0,99) The equation line itself disappeared

From above combitions I found following co-relation (straight line) equation.

y = 1.1735(x) + 0.4252 (Linear equation)

.... here x = 200, 199, 100 etc... (second figure i.e. is remain constant)
and there is no effect if x > 200.

now another test.......... (keep first figure constant)

EQUATION NO. OF PAGES GENERATED
=rand(200,90) 214
=rand(200,50) 118
=rand(200,15) 40
=rand(200,10) 27
=rand(200,5) 14
=rand(200,0) The equation line itself disappeared but it creates
5 blank pages

From above combitions I found following co-relation (straight line) equation.

y = 2.3323(x) + 3.3017 (Linear equation)

.... here x = 90, 50, 15 etc... and there is no effect if x > 99.

Regards

Akhilesh Dalia
akhileshdalia<at>hotmail<dot>com
 
T

Tony Jollans

The number of pages generated will depend on the page setup and the active
printer.

The format is =rand(#paragraphs,#sentences-per-para)

The maximum number of paragraphs is 200
The maximum sentences per paragraph is 200
But the maxima can not be used together - the maximun number of sentences in
total which can be generated (although this is not itself a defining
criterion) is a little less than 20000.
 
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