Excel Function : COMBIN

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Excel Function : COMBIN

Category

Math and trigonometry

Description

Returns the number of combinations for a given number of objects

Microsoft Excel Reference Page

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/COMBIN-function-12a3f276-0a21-423a-8de6-06990aaf638a

Syntax and Description of the COMBIN Excel Function

COMBIN is an Excel function that returns the number of combinations (subsets) in a set of items. The syntax for the COMBIN function is: COMBIN(number, number_chosen) Where: number – is the total number of items in the set number_chosen – is the number of items in the subset For example, the formula =COMBIN(5,2) returns the value 10, meaning there are 10 possible combinations of 2 items from a set of 5 items.

About COMBIN Excel Function

COMBIN(number, number_chosen) The COMBIN function returns the number of combinations for a given number of items. For example, if you have 10 items and you want to choose 3 of them, the COMBIN function will return 120.