Question

With the following function:

=FREQUENCY(C2:C724,D2:D37)

The second parameter is the BIN

What I don’t understand is why Excel would increment the BIN for the rest of your values. The BIN does not change! It stays the same bin. Yet when I paste the formula for all my values it does this:

=FREQUENCY(C2:C724,D2:D37)
=FREQUENCY(C2:C724,D3:D38)
=FREQUENCY(C2:C724,D4:D39)

The last column is what was generated (and this is correct but it does not make sense!!)

Etoh        bin
15.9        20        0
14.6        19        0
14.1        18        0
13.9        17        0
13.3        16        0
13.3        15        0
13.2        14        1
12.6        13        2
12.1        12        3
11.8        11        6
11.5        10        4
11.2         9        4
11           8        8
10.5         7       10
10.3         6       26
10.3         5       27
10.2         4       40
10.1         3       89
9.8          2      151
9.7          1      205
9.5          0      102
9.1         -1       17
8.9         -2        7
8.3         -3        3
8.1         -4        2
8.1         -5        0
7.9         -6        3
7.6         -7        2
7.5         -8        2
7.5         -9        1
7.5        -10        1
7.4        -11        0
7.2        -12        0
7.1        -13        1
7.0        -14        0
7.0        -15        0
6.8
6.7
6.6
6.5
6.4
6.2
6.2
6.1
6.0
5.9
5.8
5.8
5.7
5.7
5.7
5.5
5.5
5.5
5.4
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.2
5.2
5.2
5.1
5.1
5.1
5.1
5.1
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
4.9
4.9
4.8
4.8
4.8
4.7
4.7
4.6
4.6
4.6
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.4
4.3
4.1
4.1
4.1
4.1
4.1
4.1
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
3.9
3.9
3.9
3.9
3.9
3.8
3.8
3.7
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.5
3.5
3.4
3.4
3.4
3.4
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.2
3.2
3.2
3.2
3.2
3.2
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
2.9
2.9
2.9
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.4
2.4
2.4
2.4
2.4
2.4
2.4
2.4
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
-0.2
-0.2
-0.2
-0.2
-0.2
-0.2
-0.2
-0.2
-0.2
-0.2
-0.2
-0.3
-0.3
-0.3
-0.3
-0.3
-0.3
-0.3
-0.3
-0.3
-0.3
-0.4
-0.4
-0.4
-0.4
-0.4
-0.4
-0.4
-0.4
-0.4
-0.4
-0.4
-0.5
-0.5
-0.5
-0.5
-0.5
-0.5
-0.6
-0.6
-0.6
-0.6
-0.6
-0.6
-0.7
-0.7
-0.7
-0.7
-0.7
-0.7
-0.7
-0.7
-0.8
-0.8
-0.8
-0.8
-0.8
-0.8
-0.8
-0.8
-0.9
-0.9
-0.9
-0.9
-0.9
-0.9
-1.0
-1.0
-1.0
-1.0
-1.0
-1.0
-1.1
-1.1
-1.2
-1.2
-1.2
-1.3
-1.3
-1.7
-1.8
-1.9
-1.9
-2.1
-2.2
-2.4
-2.4
-2.5
-2.5
-2.6
-3.0
-3.2
-3.7
-4.6
-4.6
-6.1
-6.3
-6.3
-7.0
-7.8
-8.1
-8.5
-9.0
-10.2
-13.2

If I do as both of you suggested with the $, I am getting the WRONG results:

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Answer 1

It’s a bit of keyboarding to make it easier, not mouse work, but do exactly this:

1. In cell E2, enter
   =FREQUENCY(C2:C724,D2:D37). Hit
   Enter.
2. You should now be on cell E3.
   Press on the up arrow once on your
   keyboard to return to E2 (and it will be 0).
3. Hold
   down the Shift key and press on the down arrow until you’ve
   reached cell E37. E2 through E37 will be highlighted.
4. Don’t do anything else other than
   hit the F2 key on your
   keyboard now.
5. Now press and hold down
   Ctrl + Shift.
   Then, with those two held down, hit
   Enter.
6. Voila! In every cell between E2
   and E37 you should see this
   {=FREQUENCY(C2:C724,D2:D37)} in the formula bar
   (notice the {} brackets) and
   the formula works. This is what makes an array formula.