Bugs and Fixes: New Flaws With Internet Explorer, Excel

By Stuart J. Johnston, PCW Print Feb 2, 2004 10:00 AM

Bug Exterminator: Random Bug in Excel 2003

I found a fairly significant bug in Excel 2003. It involves the random number generation (RAND) function. When working properly, RAND creates pseudorandom numbers, which are positive. However, repeated use will break the function, causing it to generate negative numbers. Previous versions of Excel do not have this problem. Calls to Microsoft have been futile.

Earl Takasaki, Newport Beach, California

Bugs and Fixes responds: The company says that it is currently working on a fix. Microsoft hopes to have a patch available through Office Update by the time you read this.

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