Comments on: For 4 columns, I want just one to be “X” http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/for-4-columns-i-want-just-one-to-be-x/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:19:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: kccrosser http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/for-4-columns-i-want-just-one-to-be-x/#comment-61221 kccrosser Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:56:54 +0000 #comment-61221 The problem statement is excessively vague. The following all satisfy your conditions:

1. Fill all the columns with zeros – all rows, all columns. Then put the “4″s wherever you want them.

Don’t want all zeros?
2. Fill all the columns with “=rand()”. Then, put the “4″s in.

Don’t want numbers between 0.0 and 1.0?
3. Fill all the columns with “=ROUND(RAND()*(3-1)+1,0)”, which will populate the fields with random selections of 1, 2, or 3. Then put the “4″s wherever…

You can see that as stated, the problem has infinitely many trivial (and meaningless?) solutions.

You need to state the purpose and constraints more clearly.

]]> By: mrdenny http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/for-4-columns-i-want-just-one-to-be-x/#comment-60843 mrdenny Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:54:10 +0000 #comment-60843 You’ll need to be more clear about what you are trying to do. Also what application are you trying to do this in?

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