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Asked: 2026-05-30T20:56:52+00:00

The FREQUENCY function in Microsoft Excel is useful for generating histograms. The first parameter

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The FREQUENCY function in Microsoft Excel is useful for generating histograms. The first parameter is an array of data values (E.g. A1:A100). The second one is an array of bin sizes. I want to generate this array from three parameters:

  • Minimum data value: MIN(A1:A100)
  • Maximum data value: MAX(A1:A100)
  • Bin size: constant

That is, a formula/function should return the list of wanted values instead of manually putting them in cells.

E.g. Consider a minimum value of 10, a maximum value of 100 and a bin size of 20. This would yield an array of the follow bin sizes: 10, 30, 50, 70, 90

How can I accomplish this? Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you want that array generated by a formula try this

    =(ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&CEILING((MAX(A1:A100)-MIN(A1:A100))/B1,1)))-1)*B1+MIN(A1:A100)

    where B1 is your bin size constant, e.g. within the FREQUENCY function that would be

    =FREQUENCY(A1:A100,(ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&CEILING((MAX(A1:A100)-MIN(A1:A100))/B1,1)))-1)*B1+MIN(A1:A100))

    confirmed with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER

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