How to make a chart from a list of names?

[Chris]

If I only hava a long list of names e.g like this;

Andy
Andy
Carol
Carol
Carol
Robert
Robert
Robert
Robert
and so on

I want to make a chart that shows both the names and how many times
the name are occuring in the list.

How can I do this with just a long list of names in Excel?

Thanks
/Chris

 

[Jon Peltier]

Chris -

You could make a pivot table from the list of names, putting the Name field
into the Row area and also into the Data area. This will provide a list with
each name occurring once and next to it a count of occurrences.

You could also use the FREQUENCY() worksheet function to achieve a list of
names and occurrences.

Then it is a simple matter to make a chart to display this data.

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

It was pointed out to me that FREQUENCY only works with numerical values.
Instead, you could use COUNTIF().

I would use the pivot table approach anyway. If you've never learned about
Pivot Tables, this would be a rather simple example to learn on. I have some
information and lots of links about pivot tables here:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Pivots/pivottables.htm
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Pivots/pivotlinks.htm

Sorry if I caused any confusion.

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