Tag Archives: Numpy

Using Numba with Excel and pyxll …

Posted on May 30, 2021 by dougaj4

… and a Numpy trap. I last looked at using the just-in-time compiler Numba with Python some time ago (Two Timers), but I was prompted to take another look by an article in Medium that claimed Python Can Be Faster … Continue reading →

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Floating Point Precision Problems

Posted on April 5, 2021 by dougaj4

A question on Quora : prompted me to look at how these numbers are handled in Excel, in VBA called from Excel, and in Python called from Excel via pyxll. The results are shown in the screenshot below: Column A … Continue reading →

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More Python Traps

Posted on March 30, 2020 by dougaj4

I recently posted on some Python Traps, focussing on code where changes in the values of sub-routine arguments were not reflected in the calling routines.  The reverse can also be a problem: if an array, a, is passed to a … Continue reading →

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Python Traps

Posted on January 1, 2020 by dougaj4

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 →

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More Numpy with Excel and xlwings

Posted on May 24, 2018 by dougaj4

The spreadsheet presented in the last post on sorting also includes links to many other Numpy functions.  The spreadsheet and associated Python file can be downloaded from: xlNumpy.zip The Numpy functions require xlwings and Numpy to be installed, which are included in … Continue reading →

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