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xlwings 0.7.1, dictionaries, and optional arguments

xlwings 0.7.0 was published at the beginning of March, and introduced direct support for Python dictionaries, which I have used to demonstrate various options for dealing with optional arguments in Excel User Defined Functions (UDFs).  The latest version, 0.7.1, published … Continue reading

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Seeing through Mingus eyes -2; Luluc

“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity” Charles Mingus LULUC

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xlScipy with xlwings

Following a new release of xlwings, I have updated the xlScipy spreadsheet to work with it, and added a few new features: The Matplotlib routines to plot a function entered as text (previously posted as xlMatPlot.zip) have been incorporated on … Continue reading

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Two new links

Following the blog theme of using Excel for working with numbers without a $ on the front, I have added to my links: EngineerExcel EngineerExcel.com was founded by Charlie Young. He is a licensed professional engineer with a degree in … Continue reading

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Cubic splines with descending x

In response to a recent comment, I have modified the CSpline2 spreadsheet so that the CSplineA and CHSplineA functions will accept x values list in descending order, as well as ascending.  For more details of the background to the functions, … Continue reading

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