Article ID: 129774
Article Last Modified on 8/15/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q129774
SYMPTOMS
If the FREQUENCY function is entered as a horizontal array, regardless of the orientation of the data array or the bins array, the function returns zeros (0).
CAUSE
This problem occurs as a result of the way the FREQUENCY function processes data.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, nest the FREQUENCY function inside the TRANSPOSE function as in the following example.
Example
- Type the following information into a worksheet:
A1: 79 B1: Bins
A2: 85 B2: 70
A3: 78 B3: 79
A4: 85 B4: 89
A5: 83 B5:
A6: 95 B6:
A7: 88 B7:
A8: 97 B8:
Select cells C1:F1 and type the following formula:
=TRANSPOSE(FREQUENCY(A1:A8,B2:B4))NOTE: You must enter this formula as an array formula. To enter a formula as an array formula in Microsoft Excel for Windows, press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER. In Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, press COMMAND+RETURN.
The returned results are as follows:
C1: 0 D1: 2 E1: 4 F1: 2
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