Category Archives: Arrays

Working with dynamic arrays in Excel

Posted on 23/05/2019 by dougaj4

Many of the VBA functions available here return results as arrays, which must be entered by selecting the desired output range, then  pressing Ctrl-Shift-Enter (CSE).  This can be inconvenient (or at least untidy) when the size of the output array varies.  … Continue reading →

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Transferring large arrays with Pyxll

Posted on 05/01/2019 by dougaj4

Pyxll is a commercial Excel add-in linking Excel and Python.  The latest version  offers greatly improved performance in transferring data between Excel and Python as Numpy arrays, amongst many other new features and improvements. To check what this means in practice, … Continue reading →

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More updates to ArcSpline and IP2

Posted on 27/12/2018 by dougaj4

I have uploaded version 2.18 of the IP2 spreadsheet to: IP2.zip The new version includes updates to the IP, IP_4, and ArcSpline functions, as described below.  The download is free and includes full open-source code. The IP and IP_4 functions find … Continue reading →

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More iterative solvers

Posted on 28/10/2018 by dougaj4

Following the recent post on using Brent’s Method solvers on an array (Iterative solvers and arrays), here is another example with an engineering related problem.  The example is included in the xlScipy3 spreadsheet, which can be downloaded from: xlScipy3.zip The depth … Continue reading →

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Iterative solvers and arrays

Posted on 21/10/2018 by dougaj4

A recent thread at Eng-Tips was looking for a solution to the problem described  below: The solutions to this problem described below can be downloaded from: ItSolve.zip and xlScipy3.zip The ItSolve.xlsb spreadsheet contains a user defined function (UDF) to solve iterative … Continue reading →

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