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- (3, 0) &Histogram
- (3, 1) histomacro
- (3, 3) Create a Histogram
- (6, 1) get range of values
- (7, 1) end if Cancel
- (8, 1) get range of distribution intervals
- (9, 1) end if Cancel
- (10, 1) position to first row
- (11, 1) position to output range
- (14, 1) for loop
- (15, 1) enter formula
- (16, 1) next row
- (18, 1) add over upper limit
- (20, 1) select the output
- (21, 1) convert to values from formulas
- (23, 1) cancel copy
- (24, 1) end
- (27, 0) I have just read your December 31, 1991 issue and found the histogram macro
- (27, 1) David Paradi
- (28, 0) for Excel to be very interesting. Having used Lotus to create histograms, I
- (28, 1) Compuserve: 72461,1306
- (29, 0) thought that perhaps duplicating the way Lotus handles Data Distribution may
- (29, 1) 6155 Fullerton Cres.
- (30, 0) help those who are more familiar with that interface. I used your ideas and
- (30, 1) Mississuaga, ON
- (31, 0) wrote the macro HISTO.XLM, which, when run, adds a Histogram command to the
- (31, 1) CANADA L5N 3A3
- (32, 0) Data Menu in Excel. When you use the new command, it prompts you to select
- (32, 1) Phone: 416-824-1550
- (33, 0) the input range and the distribution range. It then inserts all the correct
- (34, 0) array formulas and converts them to numbers as you did in your macro. The
- (35, 0) ability to choose a distribution range is valuable when you want to use
- (36, 0) unevenly spaced intervals and/or they are not placed in the column next to
- (37, 0) your data. The only item that does not show in this printout is that the name "histomacro"
- (38, 0) is defined as $a$7:$b$24 (this defines where the macro is located).
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