Category Archives: Excel

Arrays vs Collections vs Dictionary Objects (and Dictionary help)

A recent comment by Lori Miller at Daily Dose of Excel suggested that (for the particular application being discussed) the VBA Collection object was quicker than using scripting dictionaries.  Since I hardly ever use collections (other than the built-in ones), and … Continue reading

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Running VBA routines from a new workbook

I have had a couple of queries recently which seem to be resulting from trying to run User Defined Functions (UDFs) from a new workbook, so this post will look at the options for using the VBA routines provided here (or … Continue reading

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Chain mail …

… or a collection of inter-connected links (all e-mailed by Alfred Vachris, and all worth a look): 3D scatter plot for MS Excel – free spreadsheet with proper 3D scatter plot function. Excel Liberation This is not another Excel tips … Continue reading

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Select and sum data using the scripting dictionary

Another User Defined Function (UDF) prompted by a query at Eng-Tips. The question concerned a set of data consisting of 13 columns, which was to be divided into two sets, based on the contents of Column 4, then the contents … Continue reading

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EvalA update and examples

The EvalA User Defined Function (UDF) has been included in the Eval2 and Eval-Integration spreadsheets for some time, but was not documented.  That has now been fixed, and both spreadsheets can be downloaded from Eval2.Zip (including full open-source code). The … Continue reading

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