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Ireland’s Diarmuid Early wins world Microsoft Excel title

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280 points 1659447091 | 2 comments | 20 Dec 25 19:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jasonthorsness ◴[20 Dec 25 20:28 UTC] No.46339351[source]▶
The descriptions of the problems make it sound a little like algorithmic puzzles but your only tool is Excel instead of some programming language… Excel is pretty amazing in what you can do; I’ve regretted having to use Google Sheets for the last few years.
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1. Bridged7756 ◴[20 Dec 25 20:36 UTC] No.46339417[source]▶
Yup. Not too long ago they added Python scripting. Definitely beats the weird cloud scripting you have to do with Google Sheets.
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2. HPsquared ◴[20 Dec 25 21:43 UTC] No.46339900[source]▶
Excel Python runs in the cloud. It is nicely integrated though.