Range.GoalSeek(Object, Range) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel

Assembly:: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll

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Calculates the values necessary to achieve a specific goal.

public:
 bool GoalSeek(System::Object ^ Goal, Microsoft::Office::Interop::Excel::Range ^ ChangingCell);

public bool GoalSeek (object Goal, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Range ChangingCell);

Public Function GoalSeek (Goal As Object, ChangingCell As Range) As Boolean

Parameters

Goal: Object

Required Object. The value you want returned in this cell.

ChangingCell: Range

Required Range. Specifies which cell should be changed to achieve the target value.

Returns

Boolean

Remarks

If the goal is an amount returned by a formula, this calculates a value that, when supplied to your formula, causes the formula to return the number you want.

This method returns True if the goal seek is successful.

Applies to