How To Create A Select All Checkbox in Google Sheets

In this post, you’ll learn how to create a Select All checkbox in Google Sheets, as shown in this image:

select All Checkbox in Google Sheets

But before we look at that, did you know there’s already a quick way of selecting all checkboxes manually?

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How To Use The RANDBETWEEN Function In Google Sheets

The RANDBETWEEN function in Google Sheets is used to generate a random integer (whole number) between two values.

For example, this RANDBETWEEN formula generates a random number between 1 and 10:

=RANDBETWEEN(1,10)

RANDBETWEEN Function In Google Sheets

The function will generate a new random number each time your Sheet changes.

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How To Create A Random Number Generator In Google Sheets

The RAND function in Google Sheets generates a random number between 0 and 1 and can be used as a random number generator in Google Sheets.

Random Number Generator In Google Sheets

The RAND function outputs a decimal number between 0 and 1, for example, 0.2760773217.

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Formula Challenge #6: Split A String Into Characters And Recombine In Random Order

This Formula Challenge originally appeared as Tip #194 of my weekly Google Sheets Tips newsletter, on 7 March 2022.

Congratulations to everyone who took part and well done to the 97 people who submitted a solution!

Special mention to Kieran D., Louise A., Martin H., Jelle G., Karl S., Earl N., Doug S., JP C., Alan B., and others for their ingenious solutions. I’ve shared the best below.

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The Challenge Part I: Split A String Into Characters

Question: can you create a single formula to split a string into characters so that each character is in its own cell?

i.e. can you create a single formula in cell B1 that creates the output shown in this example:

Formula Challenge Split String Into Characters

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How To Use The RANDARRAY Function In Google Sheets

The RANDARRAY function in Google Sheets generates an array of random numbers between 0 and 1. The size of the array output is determined by the row and column arguments.

Here’s a RANDARRAY formula that generates an array of random numbers between 0 and 1, across 10 rows and 3 columns:

=RANDARRAY(10, 3)

which gives an output:

RANDARRAY Function Example

🔗 The RANDARRAY template is available at the bottom of this article.

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