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Setting up Python in Excel

Setting up Python in Excel

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Setting up Python in Excel

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- [Instructor] Are you ready to revolutionize your financial analysis? We will now explore how integrating Python with Excel transforms Excel's robust features, with Python's analytical power, into a formidable tool for any financial analysts. With Python enabled in Excel, the horizon of possibilities expands. We will look at examples of complex data analysis tasks simplified by Python, such as time series forecasting and statistical modeling. Our first step is enabling Python scripting within Excel. So once you have your new worksheet in Excel, just go to formulas bar, click on the Insert Python and then click on Python in Excel. You see the button has turned green. This means that Python environment is activated. Now, you can type in your Python command, and you should be able to run it in Excel. So the most simplest model in Python is (indistinct) Hello World, and then Control + Enter. And, as you've seen on the right hand side of the worksheet, the Hello World is now displayed…

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