Category Archives: Link to Python

Python Problems

Posted on 29/11/2018 by dougaj4

I have recently returned to using Pyxll to link Excel to Python (of which more later), which required the installation of a 32 bit version of Python 3.7.  First trials after installation returned the message: “AttributeError: ‘module’ object has no … 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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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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Units and solvers with Pint and Sympy

Posted on 29/07/2018 by dougaj4

Following the previous post I have adapted the units code to use the Pint package, and added a function using the Sympy equation solver, with Pint units.  I have applied the functions to finding the depth of neutral axis of a … Continue reading →

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