Tag Archives: UDF

Arcs and arc-splines

Posted on August 17, 2018 by

I have added two user defined functions (UDFs) to the IP2 spreadsheet to generate coordinates for a single  arc, or a series of arcs connected (if necessary) by straight lines.  The new version may be downloaded from: IP2.zip As an example … Continue reading →

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New Tricks …

Posted on August 16, 2018 by

… or in some cases, old but forgotten tricks. The first comes from a Quora question, asking for the most underutilised feature in Excel. When de-bugging a VBA routine you can set a break point where the code will stop: … Continue reading →

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VBA vs Power Query vs Python

Posted on August 4, 2018 by

A recent post at Chandoo’s Excel Forum asked for a formula to extract all pairs of digits from a number with 4 digits.  This was soon extended to dealing with longer numbers, and the examples looked at here will work with … Continue reading →

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Units and solvers with Pint and Sympy

Posted on July 29, 2018 by

Following the previous post I have adapted the units code to use the Pint package, and added a function using the Sympy equation solver, with Pint units.  I have applied the functions to finding the depth of neutral axis of a … Continue reading →

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Using Section Properties- Group

Posted on June 24, 2018 by

Following a recent comment I have updated the documentation for finding the section properties of groups of shapes in the Section-Properties-Group spreadsheet.  The revised file can be downloaded from: Section Properties07-Group.zip The screenshots below illustrate use of the Group function to … Continue reading →

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More Numpy with Excel and xlwings

Posted on May 24, 2018 by

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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Sorting with Python and Numpy

Posted on May 19, 2018 by

Following the previous post, lets look at sorting functions in the Numpy library. The spreadsheet xlwNumpy links to a variety of Numpy functions, including the sorting functions described below.  The spreadsheet and associated Python code can be downloaded from: xlNumpy.zip … Continue reading →

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