Take a list, split 50/50, and randomly assign to 2 groups Oct 20, 2015 • weznagwama Found a question on reddit, about taking a list, splitting it 50/50 randomly and assigning to 2 groups. Thought, why not? $names1 = Get-Content C:\temp\Scripts\names.txt $groupa = @() $groupb = @() $split = ($names1.Length) / 2 $split = [math]::Round($split) for ($count=1; $count -le $split; $count++){ $randname = get-random -InputObject $names1 $groupa += $randname $names1 = $names1 -ne $randname } $groupb = $names1 write-host "Group A is" $groupa write-host "…." write-host "Group B is" $groupb Output is like this: Group A is Kenisha Daria Rebeca Tawanda Markita Bo Leon Benny Jay Gertrudis …. Group B is Chieko Jody Macy Kristen Jerica Evelyn Dorine Jacque Lawanna Odis