hmmm?
Its the BIN range thats got me confused...

My example of the 12 numbers 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4,3 appears
in cell ranges B1:B12


A B C
1 2
2 3
3 2
4 4
5 2
6 4
7 2
8 2
9 4
10 2
11 4
12 3

I then use the data analysis tool and select the INPUT range , as
$BS1:$B$12, .
Now I want the x axis (the Bins) on the histogram to show 3 columns, namely
2, 3, and 4 . So I put into the BIN range "2.0,3.0,4.0" but excel returns
an error with the formula message??





"Jon P2eltier" wrote in message
...
I agree3 that you probably want a histogram. I have a page that explains a
few ways to make a histogram:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/Histograms.html

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com/
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Kev wrote:

Greetings from the UK...

I have a list of around 1000 numbers, all integers whose values can
range from 1 through to 4000. Most of these numbers repeat themselves
in the list .
What I want to do is produce a chart showing the number of times each
descrete number appears , its value and the percentage of times it
appears in the list .
I think ( dangerous for me !) I should be looking at a histogram or a
even a pie chart but so far my attempts (using the data analysis and
chart wizards) are not what I want.

As an example a list of 12 numbers could be 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 2,
4, 2, 4,3 and what I want to get to is a chart showing that:
"2" appeared 6 times in the list equating to 50% of the 12 entries,
"4" appeared 4 times in the list equating to 33.3% of the12 entries,
"3 " appeared 2 times in the list equating to 16.6% of the 12 entries

value anyones help.