Missing digits in Lotto

[Bertil]

Missing Digits

I'm happy all disagreements have been resolved.
It has been an interesting learning experience.
Please don't think I would base any bets on this info.
It was just a mathematical oddity.

Bertil

 

[PAB]

No problems Bertil ,

I do actually use Unique Digits as one of my MANY filters in our 649 Lotto.
I have the filter set to only include combinations with Unique Digits from 5-8 numbers inclusive.
Good luck on winning that ever elusive Lotto TOP PRIZE.
If you want the file I uploaded for you updated with anything else then please let me know.

Regards,
PAB


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12:45, restate my assumptions.
(1) Mathematics is the language of nature.
(2) Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers.
(3) If you graph the numbers of any system, patterns emerge. Therefore, there are patterns, everywhere in nature.

 

[Bertil]

Missing Digits

Thanks for the offer. Right now I'm content with what I have, but if I've another brain storm, I'll keep you in mind.

Best regards,

Bertil

 

[Bertil]

Missing Digits

Hi PAB,
I did not expect to come back this soon. And this is not a brain storm,
rather a meltdown.

I'm looking at a draw with 10-29-38-47-56 and comparing it with
01-29-38-47-56 and wonder how many unique digits a computer
would count in each. Both clearly have one of each of the ten digits.
Would the first count as ten but the second as nine digits?
Would the computer be programmed to disregard leading zeros?
Can you help me ?

Bertil

 

[PAB]

Welcome back Bertil!

I'm looking at a draw with 10-29-38-47-56 and comparing it with 01-29-38-47-56 and wonder how many unique digits a computer would count in each. Both clearly have one of each of the ten digits.
Would the first count as ten but the second as nine digits?
Would the computer be programmed to disregard leading zeros?

The computer will calculate it any way it's programmed to, either via an Excel formula or VBA code.
What you could have done is to put the two combinations above into the Excel file that I uploaded for you and see what the results were, but don't worry, I know what the answer will be.
You are quite right, the first combination will return 10 Digits and the second combination will return 9 Digits.
The question again comes back to whether or not you are going to treat the drawn Lotto numbers as Single Digits or Double Digits?
Could you please explain to me why you want to use Double Digits for the drawn Lotto numbers instead of Single Digits for numbers 1-9???

Regards,
PAB


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12:45, restate my assumptions.
(1) Mathematics is the language of nature.
(2) Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers.
(3) If you graph the numbers of any system, patterns emerge. Therefore, there are patterns, everywhere in nature.

 

[Bertil]

Missing Digits

The reason for using double digits is that's how they are displayed at the
MUSL tabulation of historical draws. Other sites do the same.

Bertil

 

[PAB]

Hi Bertil,

The reason for using double digits is that's how they are displayed at the MUSL tabulation of historical draws. Other sites do the same.

As I said in a previous post...

I think the reason they use leading ZERO's on their results is for formatting purposes ONLY, it just makes it neat and tidy by having all the draws exactly under each other, which is a very good way visually to view the results..

Are you saying that you just want them to show as Double Digits like they do on the Website but you don't want to calculate them as Double Digits???

If so, in Excel do the following...

(1) Highlight the cells with the drawn numbers in.
(2) Right-Click.
(3) Click Format Cells.
(4) In the Number tab click Custom.
(5) Under the Type enter 00, that's TWO ZERO's.
(6) Click OK.

Now you have ALL your drawn numbers showing as Double Digits.
I hope this helps!

Regards,
PAB


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12:45, restate my assumptions.
(1) Mathematics is the language of nature.
(2) Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers.
(3) If you graph the numbers of any system, patterns emerge. Therefore, there are patterns, everywhere in nature.

 

[PAB]

The reason for using double digits is that's how they are displayed at the MUSL tabulation of historical draws. Other sites do the same.

Hi Bertil,

How did you get on with my instructions to transform the numbers into Double Digits, did it work OK and give you what you wanted?

Regards,
PAB


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12:45, restate my assumptions.
(1) Mathematics is the language of nature.
(2) Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers.
(3) If you graph the numbers of any system, patterns emerge. Therefore, there are patterns, everywhere in nature.

 

[Bertil]

Hi PAB,

So far I've not been able to get my son to implement your idea.
But I would be happy to use the double digit count, since it is
available at MUSL for historical data.

Bertil

 

[PAB]

Hi Bertil,

So far I've not been able to get my son to implement your idea.
But I would be happy to use the double digit count, since it is available at MUSL for historical data.

Sorry, but I don't understand what you are on about !!!

What I was talking about is...

Are you saying that you just want them to show as Double Digits like they do on the Website but you don't want to calculate them as Double Digits???

If so, in Excel do the following...

(1) Highlight the cells with the drawn numbers in.
(2) Right-Click.
(3) Click Format Cells.
(4) In the Number tab click Custom.
(5) Under the Type enter 00, that's TWO ZERO's.
(6) Click OK.

Now you have ALL your drawn numbers showing as Double Digits.

...so your Excel SpreadSheet shows all the drawn numbers as Double Digits.

Regards,
PAB


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12:45, restate my assumptions.
(1) Mathematics is the language of nature.
(2) Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers.
(3) If you graph the numbers of any system, patterns emerge. Therefore, there are patterns, everywhere in nature.