Category Archives: VBA

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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Commenting a block of code in VBA

Posted on 26/09/2013 by dougaj4

One way is to manually place an apostrophe at the start of every line in the block. A much easier way (I just found out today) is: Go to View-Toolbars-Customise Select the Command tab Select the Edit Category on the … 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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Arrays vs Collections vs Dictionary Objects (and Dictionary help)

Posted on 29/08/2013 by dougaj4

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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