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Excel Functions in F# Language

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Re: Excel Functions in F# Language

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Post by coldacid »

lsm07 wrote: post #2

I'm always happy to see F# get a mention, but using it inside Excel seems funny when you could just use it against a raw CSV file or whatever for data analysis/data manipulation.

It's not for people like us who even know what a CSV is, it's for people who have some scripting/programming knowledge, but mainly live in Excel all day.

Re: Excel Functions in F# Language

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Post by Idiot_in_Vain »

lsm07 wrote: post #2

I'm always happy to see F# get a mention, but using it inside Excel seems funny when you could just use it against a raw CSV file or whatever for data analysis/data manipulation.

Excel is a lot more user friendly interface for data analysis/manipulation, than a raw CSV file.

Re: Excel Functions in F# Language

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Post by nerdponx »

coldacid wrote: post #3
lsm07 wrote: post #2

I'm always happy to see F# get a mention, but using it inside Excel seems funny when you could just use it against a raw CSV file or whatever for data analysis/data manipulation.

It's not for people like us who even know what a CSV is, it's for people who have some scripting/programming knowledge, but mainly live in Excel all day.

Plenty of people who do know what a CSV is still sometimes (or frequently) use Excel, either for their own work or as a sort of "data app" that they can distribute to coworkers.

Re: Excel Functions in F# Language

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Post by DoctorOW »

I've done some VBA for work. If I build an Excel file with SharpCells and send them to someone who doesn't have it. What happens when they open it? From what I understand, .NET is pretty easy to decompile. Is it possible to make a SharpCells F# to VBA translation before saving?
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