Microsoft Announced Python In Excel. I knew it!
<h2>I knew it! We have Python in Excel!</h2>
<p>As you may recall, if you’re subscribed to my articles, a year ago I was <a href="https://tomaszs2.medium.com/where-is-the-python-for-excel-bc824f9223c3" rel="noopener">reporting</a> that:</p>
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<p>As a Python programmer you have to remember when four years ago Microsoft was considering to introduce Python as a scripting language for Excel — Microsoft’s flagship spreadsheet application:</p>
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<p>Two years ago Microsoft nudged about Python in Excel wrote:</p>
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<p>And I wrote that:</p>
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<p>I am not saying someone already implements Python support for Excel, I am rather saying that there might be an ongoing exploratory process.</p>
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<p>And most importantly:</p>
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<p>If it was entirely impossible, I believe we would have the negative answer by now.</p>
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<p>As of August 2023 I can confirm <strong>my predictions occurred to be spot on</strong>!</p>
<p>In a big announcement made on August, 22, Microsoft <a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel-blog/announcing-python-in-excel-combining-the-power-of-python-and-the/ba-p/3893439" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">confirmed</a> <strong>Excel will support Python:</strong></p>
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<p>Today we’re announcing (…) releasing a Public Preview of Python in Excel.</p>
<p>Python in Excel is rolling out to Public Preview for those in the Microsoft 365 Insiders program, using the Beta Channel in Excel for Windows.</p>
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<p>With the new Excel you’ll be able to write cell formals in Python</p>
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