If I have a set of data, is there any way I can generate a formula which
roughly matches the plot of the data set? I know I can generate a trend line
on a chart but is there a way of finding out the formula for this trendline,
so that I could reproduce it without the origiinal data perhaps?

Hope I'm making myself clear. Many thanks in advance.

Hi,

Here are a couple of resources for getting the information about the
trendline via formula.
http://tushar-mehta.com/excel/tips/t...efficients.htm
http://www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme/ExcelTips/

Cheers
Andy

rmellison wrote:
If I have a set of data, is there any way I can generate a formula which
roughly matches the plot of the data set? I know I can generate a trend line
on a chart but is there a way of finding out the formula for this trendline,
so that I could reproduce it without the origiinal data perhaps?

Hope I'm making myself clear. Many thanks in advance.

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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
http://www.andypope.info