FORECAST Function

The FORECAST function is one of the statistical functions. It is used to predict a future value based on existing values provided.

Syntax

FORECAST(x, known_y's, known_x's)

The FORECAST function has the following arguments:

Argument Description
x An x-value used to predict the y-value.
known_y's The dependent data range.
known_x's The independent data range with the same number of elements as known_y's contains.

Notes

How to apply the FORECAST function.

Examples

The figure below displays the result returned by the FORECAST function.

FORECAST Function