Category Archives: UDFs

Latex Maths Text in Excel

There have been many posts here looking at alternative ways of working with functions entered as text on a spreadsheet, and working with units, most recently here. One drawback with this approach is that text in an Excel cell must … Continue reading →

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RC Design Functions 9.03; compression strut angle adjustment

The RC Design Functions spreadsheet has now been updated to Version 9.03, and is available for free download from: RC Design Functions9.zip The new version includes a number of corrections to the calculation of beam shear and torsion capacity to … Continue reading →

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Linking to Python help from Excel

The py_Numpy spreadsheet presented in the previous post has been updated: A large number of Numpy functions added. Return function help documentation to the spreadsheet for a selected function. View Numpy on-line documentation from the function Wizard. The new version … Continue reading →

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Calling Numpy polynomial functions from Excel

The Numpy polynomial related function discussed in recent posts can now be downloaded from: py_Numpy.zip The download file includes Python code and a sample spreadsheet. Required installed software is Python, Numba and pyxll to call the code from Excel. Some … Continue reading →

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Solving cubic equations – background and timing

For more information on the polynomial functions, including quartic and higher order solvers, see: Solving Quadratic, Cubic, Quartic and higher order equations; examples Re-reading the Wikipedia article on solving cubic equations, I noticed that the trigonometrical solution for finding 3 real … Continue reading →

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