Public Function Linterp3(x As Double, Tblx As Range, Tbly As Range) As Variant

' linear interpolator / extrapolator

' Tbl is a two-column range containing known x, known y, sorted x ascending
Dim nRow As Long
Dim iLo As Long, iHi As Long
nRow = Tblx.Rows.Count
If nRow < 2 Or Tblx.Columns.Count <> 1 Or Tbly.Columns.Count <> 1 Or Tblx.Ro
ws.Count <> Tbly.Rows.Count Then
Linterp3 = CVErr(xlErrValue)
Exit Function '-------------------------------------------------------->
End If
If x < Tblx(1, 1) Then ' x < xmin, extrapolate from first two entries
iLo = 1
iHi = 2
ElseIf x > Tblx(nRow, 1) Then ' x > xmax, extrapolate from last two entries
iLo = nRow - 1
iHi = nRow
Else
iLo = Application.Match(x, Application.Index(Tblx, 0, 1), 1)
If Tblx(iLo, 1) = x Then ' x is exact from table
Linterp3 = Tbly(iLo, 1)
Exit Function '---------------------------------------------------->
Else ' x is between tabulated values, interpolate
iHi = iLo + 1
End If
End If
Linterp3 = Tbly(iLo, 1) + (Tbly(iHi, 1) - Tbly(iLo, 1)) _
* (x - Tblx(iLo, 1)) / (Tblx(iHi, 1) - Tblx(iLo, 1))
End Function