Category Archives: UDFs

Scipy linear algebra functions in Excel

Posted on May 30, 2023 by dougaj4

The file pyLinAlgfuncs3.zip has open source Python code allowing the Scipy linear algebra functions to be called from Excel using the pyxll add-in. It also includes all the Python code to perform LU decomposition, as discussed in the previous post., … Continue reading →

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LU Decomposition with Python and Scipy

Posted on May 26, 2023 by dougaj4

This post was prompted by a question at the Eng-Tips forum: LU Decomposition which asked why Mathcad was generating LU matrices different to those calculated from the basic theory. The short answer was that there is more than one way … Continue reading →

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py_Numpy update and using Numba

Posted on May 11, 2023 by dougaj4

The py_Numpy spreadsheet presented at Calling Numpy polynomial functions from Excel has had a minor upgrade to the py_Polyfit function, which was previously returning an error message if the optional “full” argument was set to False. The new version can be … Continue reading →

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More long numbers with Python

Posted on April 8, 2023 by dougaj4

In A not so easy problem I looked at using Python with Excel (via pyxll) to work with very long integers, using the MPMath package. For high precision calculations involving decimal values MPMath is required, but for simple operations entirely … Continue reading →

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ULS Design Functions – Python version

Posted on April 2, 2023 by dougaj4

I have now converted my ULS Design Functions spreadsheet (last presented here) to Python. The new spreadsheet and open source Python code can be downloaded from: py_ULS Design Functions The spreadsheet has the same functionality as the VBA version, providing … Continue reading →

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