sub binlims( dat() as integer, limits() as integer, bins() as uinteger )
    dim as uinteger n = ubound(limits), j, i
    for i = 0 to ubound(dat)
        if dat(i)<limits(0) then
            bins(0) += 1
        elseif dat(i) >= limits(n) then
            bins(n+1) += 1
        else
            for j = 1 to n
                if dat(i)<limits(j) then
                    bins(j) += 1
                    exit for
                end if
            next j
        end if
    next i
end sub
'example 1
dim as integer limits1(0 to ...) = {23, 37, 43, 53, 67, 83}
dim as integer dat1(0 to ...) = {95,21,94,12,99,4,70,75,83,93,52,80,57,5,53,86,65,17,92,83,71,61,54,58,47,_
           16, 8, 9,32,84,7,87,46,19,30,37,96,6,98,40,79,97,45,64,60,29,49,36,43,55}
dim as uinteger bins1(0 to ubound(limits1)+1)
binlims( dat1(), limits1(), bins1() )
print "=====EXAMPLE ONE====="
print "< ";limits1(0);": ";bins1(0)
for i as uinteger = 1 to ubound(limits1)
    print ">= ";limits1(i-1);" and < ";limits1(i);": ";bins1(i)
next i
print ">= ";limits1(ubound(limits1));": ";bins1(ubound(bins1))
print

'example 2
dim as integer limits2(0 to ...) = {14, 18, 249, 312, 389, 392, 513, 591, 634, 720}
dim as integer dat2(0 to ...) = {445,814,519,697,700,130,255,889,481,122,932, 77,323,525,570,219,367,523,442,933,_
           416,589,930,373,202,253,775, 47,731,685,293,126,133,450,545,100,741,583,763,306,_
           655,267,248,477,549,238, 62,678, 98,534,622,907,406,714,184,391,913, 42,560,247,_
           346,860, 56,138,546, 38,985,948, 58,213,799,319,390,634,458,945,733,507,916,123,_
           345,110,720,917,313,845,426,  9,457,628,410,723,354,895,881,953,677,137,397, 97,_
           854,740, 83,216,421, 94,517,479,292,963,376,981,480, 39,257,272,157,  5,316,395,_
           787,942,456,242,759,898,576, 67,298,425,894,435,831,241,989,614,987,770,384,692,_
           698,765,331,487,251,600,879,342,982,527,736,795,585, 40, 54,901,408,359,577,237,_
           605,847,353,968,832,205,838,427,876,959,686,646,835,127,621,892,443,198,988,791,_
           466, 23,707,467, 33,670,921,180,991,396,160,436,717,918,  8,374,101,684,727,749}
redim as uinteger bins2(0 to ubound(limits2)+1)

binlims( dat2(), limits2(), bins2() )
print "=====EXAMPLE TWO====="
print "< ";limits2(0);": ";bins2(0)
for i as uinteger = 1 to ubound(limits2)
    print ">= ";limits2(i-1);" and < ";limits2(i);": ";bins2(i)
next i
print ">= ";limits2(ubound(limits2));": ";bins2(ubound(bins2))