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Integrating Python with Excel: An overview
From the course: Advanced Python in Excel for Finance: A Hands-On Approach
Integrating Python with Excel: An overview
- [Instructor] Now, we will uncover the powerful synergy between Python and Excel, a duo that significantly boosts your financial analysis toolkit. Let's dive into the integration process and unlock new capabilities. We begin by bridging Excel with Python. Next, we'll script a simple Python command directly in an Excel cell to perform a basic calculation. So once you have your new Excel worksheet, normally you type the equal sign and the equation you want to compute and press Enter. With Python in Excel, just go to Formulas bar, and once you've activated the Python in Excel, you should see the Insert Python. Once you click on it, you see the Python in Excel. And once you also click on it, you see the button turns green, which means the Python environment is activated. That's when you type in your command and press Control+Enter. You should be able to see the same answer since it's the same equation. The other way of doing this is just typing equal sign and the PY, open parenthesis. It…
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