• @Eheran@lemmy.world
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    37 days ago

    I disagree. There are louts of things that would not change old behavior but add so much convenience. Like cell reference for diagram ranges. But nope, we are stuck in 199…4?

    • Madrigal
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      36 days ago

      I love some of the newer things like LET and LAMBDA. But I’d kill for structured references to be properly implemented everywhere. I’m a bit over using INDIRECT to get around it (when I can).

      • @Eheran@lemmy.world
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        26 days ago

        Yes. I have build dynamic diagrams with indirect, I feel ashamed.

        Let us use Python instead of cancerous VBA. You can not even add comments to your variable definitions. Or named vars in functions. Why do I even need macros at all to simply define a function?

        • Madrigal
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          26 days ago

          You don’t, any more. At least not for relatively simple functions.

          LAMBDA combined with the name manager lets you do custom functions even in a regular .xlsx workbook.

          You don’t get the full control flow and extended functionality you do in VBA, and Python would be amazing of course, but I find LAMBDA covers about 90% of use cases.