Category Archives: Excel

New Release Alglib Library

Posted on 22/01/2013 by dougaj4

The Alglib Numerical Analysis Library has just been updated.  For full details of the changes see: http://www.alglib.net/arcnews.php#date_18_01_2013 , but the significant change for routines linking to my spreadsheets is that the sparse solver  has been significantly improved and now successfully solves problems … Continue reading →

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3DFrame – 3D Frame analysis for Excel

Posted on 22/01/2013 by dougaj4

I have now extended the Frame4 spreadsheet to deal with 3D frames.  As well as making the necessary changes to the input ranges and stiffness matrix generation routines I have revised the Sparse solver routine, added a new compiled solver, and … Continue reading →

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Extracting a hyperlink

Posted on 21/01/2013 by dougaj4

Excel does not have a function to extract the address from a cell containing a hyperlink.  Here is a short UDF that will do the job: The original was a one-liner posted by Rick Rosthstein on Debra Dalgleish’s Contextures Blog.  I … Continue reading →

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The angle between two vectors, in 2D or 3D

Posted on 12/01/2013 by dougaj4

Finding the angle between two lines in 2D is easy, just find the angle of each line with the x-axis from the slope of the line and take the difference.  In 3D it is not so obvious, but it can … Continue reading →

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Tanh-Sinh Quadrature V4.0

Posted on 03/01/2013 by dougaj4

Since last September Graeme Dennes has continued work on his Tanh-Sinh Quadrature spreadsheet, and has recently released Version 4.0, which can be downloaded from: Tanh-Sinh. As usual, the download includes full open-source code and extensive documentation. The new version includes routines … Continue reading →

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