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Category Archives: NumPy and SciPy
Python Traps
When converting existing VBA code to Python there are a number of obvious changes to the syntax that need to be made for the code to run at all, but there are also a number of not so obvious traps … Continue reading
Posted in Arrays, Excel, Link to Python, Newton, NumPy and SciPy, PyXLL, UDFs, VBA
Tagged Excel, for loop counters |, Numpy, Passing variables, Python, python traps, PyXLL, UDF, VBA
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Multiple Integration with Scipy
Scipy has 3 functions for multiple numerical integration in the scipy.integrate module: dblquad: Compute a double integral. tplquad: Compute a triple integral’ nquad: Integration over multiple variables. I have written six functions to call these functions from Excel, via Pyxll: Each … Continue reading
Posted in Excel, Link to Python, Maths, Newton, Numerical integration, NumPy and SciPy, PyXLL, UDFs
Tagged Excel, multiple integration, Python, PyXLL, SciPy, UDFs
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More SciPy Solvers
The xlwings Scipy spreadsheet has been updated with a new example of the xl_SolveF function, that uses the Scipy Optimize root function. The new spreadsheet can be downloaded from: xlScipy3.zip The new example uses a python function ic_calc (included in the … Continue reading
Posted in Excel, Link to Python, Newton, NumPy and SciPy, UDFs, VBA, xlwings
Tagged bolt group, Excel, Python, SciPy, solvers, UDFs, VBA, xlwings
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Python Problems
I have recently returned to using Pyxll to link Excel to Python (of which more later), which required the installation of a 32 bit version of Python 3.7. First trials after installation returned the message: “AttributeError: ‘module’ object has no … Continue reading
Posted in Computing - general, Link to Python, NumPy and SciPy
Tagged CLSIDToPackageMap, installation, Python, py_gen
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More iterative solvers
Following the recent post on using Brent’s Method solvers on an array (Iterative solvers and arrays), here is another example with an engineering related problem. The example is included in the xlScipy3 spreadsheet, which can be downloaded from: xlScipy3.zip The depth … Continue reading
Posted in Arrays, Beam Bending, Concrete, Excel, Link to Python, Maths, Newton, NumPy and SciPy, UDFs, VBA, xlwings
Tagged Brents method, depth of neutral axis, Excel, Python, Reinforced Concrete, SciPy, UDFs, VBA, xlwings
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Iterative solvers and arrays
A recent thread at Eng-Tips was looking for a solution to the problem described below: The solutions to this problem described below can be downloaded from: ItSolve.zip and xlScipy3.zip The ItSolve.xlsb spreadsheet contains a user defined function (UDF) to solve iterative … Continue reading
Posted in Arrays, Charts, Excel, Link to Python, Maths, Newton, NumPy and SciPy, UDFs, VBA, xlwings
Tagged Brents method, Excel, Python, SciPy, UDFs, VBA, xlwings, xlwSciPy3
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Working with units in Excel – using VBA and Python
One of the most frequent reasons given for not using Excel for engineering and scientific applications is its very limited facilities for dealing with calculations involving units. It is possible to overcome this deficiency with VBA (see Daily Download 24: … Continue reading
Posted in Excel, Link to Python, Maths, Newton, NumPy and SciPy, UDFs, VBA, xlwings
Tagged evaluate text strings, Excel, Python, Sympy, UDFs, Unyt, VBA, xlwings
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