Category Archives: Link to Python

Python for VBA users – 4; Python data types

Posted on 05/10/2013 by dougaj4

Previous Python Post The basic range of data types in Python is quite simple, but by the time we have added additional types used in the numpy package, and translation of Excel data types into the Python equivalent the picture … Continue reading →

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Python for VBA users – 3

Posted on 01/10/2013 by dougaj4

In the previous post in this series I looked at translating a routine to solve quadratic equations from VBA to Python.  Using the same process I have also created Python code to solve Cubic equations.  The only added difficulty for the … Continue reading →

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Python for VBA users – 2

Posted on 29/09/2013 by dougaj4

This post will look in more detail at translating the VBA Quadratic function (described in Python for VBA users – 1) into a Python function, linked to Excel via PyXll.  For the purposes of this exercise I created a new Python … Continue reading →

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Python for VBA users – 1

Posted on 24/09/2013 by dougaj4

Following my recent posts on some preliminary experimentation with linking Excel to Python, this will be the first of a more structured series, mainly as a reminder to myself of lessons learnt on the way, but also I hope of … Continue reading →

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Sorting with Python

Posted on 19/09/2013 by dougaj4

A previous post provided a VBA Sort function that could be used as a User Defined Function (UDF) to provide a sorted list on the spreadsheet, or called from another VBA routine to sort an array. I have just written a … Continue reading →

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