Category Archives: Arrays

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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Using VBA Evaluate as an Array Function

Posted on 24/08/2018 by dougaj4

I recently discovered from a thread at  Chandoo’s Excel Forum that the VBA Evaluate function can be used as an array function.  As a simple example: Range(“A11:A16”).Value = Evaluate(“= B11:B16 + C11:C16”) will add the values in columns B and C, … Continue reading →

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VBA vs Power Query vs Python

Posted on 04/08/2018 by dougaj4

A recent post at Chandoo’s Excel Forum asked for a formula to extract all pairs of digits from a number with 4 digits.  This was soon extended to dealing with longer numbers, and the examples looked at here will work with … Continue reading →

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