DeskLottery

Contents

Set the seed for the random number generator
List the group, going around the rooms as currently configured
Pick the lottery numbers
Sort the list of names according to the random numbers
Output the list

Set the seed for the random number generator

seedstring='Aspuru-Guzik';
seed=prod(double(seedstring));
rand('twister',seed);

List the group, going around the rooms as currently configured

Datatable={'Sangwoo';'Sule';'Roberto';'Cesar';'James';'Semion';'Man Hong';...
    'Jacob';'Johannes';'Kenta';'Alejandro';'Ivan';'Joel'};

Pick the lottery numbers

randvec=rand([length(Datatable),1]);

Sort the list of names according to the random numbers

[randsort,idx]=sort(randvec);
Datatable=Datatable(idx);

Output the list

for i=1:length(Datatable)
    Datatable{i,2}=i;
end
Datatable

Datatable = 
    'James'        [ 1]
    'Sangwoo'      [ 2]
    'Jacob'        [ 3]
    'Joel'         [ 4]
    'Ivan'         [ 5]
    'Kenta'        [ 6]
    'Man Hong'     [ 7]
    'Cesar'        [ 8]
    'Roberto'      [ 9]
    'Johannes'     [10]
    'Sule'         [11]
    'Semion'       [12]
    'Alejandro'    [13]