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Does anyone have any current info on native Python support in Excel? I recall Microsoft announcing they would offer this at some point in the future. I would re

Does anyone have any current info on native Python support in Excel? I recall Microsoft announcing they would offer this at some point in the future. I would really really prefer it to VBA.

cm2187 8y ago
I believe they canned it and went for javascript instead. Which if they also enable webassembly in the future is cool, because it means you will be able to run pretty much any language.
- mohammedbin 8y ago
  Do you remember how you came by this knowledge?
  - cm2187 8y ago
    I don't but it was around the announcement of Office 2019 which introduced javascript as an alternative scripting language to VBA.
  - tenryuu 8y ago
    When one developer said they rewrote office into JavaScript. The assumption is probably not accurate still
MagnumOpus 8y ago
> Microsoft announcing they would offer this at some point in the future No, the ran a consultation asking whether there is interest, got overwhelming support for it, but have not commented on it since.
- setquk 8y ago
  That's because it's not in line with their strategy of telling everyone what they're having and they'll have to lump it.
shakna 8y ago
In February this year, they said: > Please know this survey is used to help influence various topics – both on Python as well as other related topics that the comments started to bleed into. Given the passion, I want to be clear this remains an area of exploration for us, without any specific timeline. However, we haven't heard anything since, but that kind of timeline wouldn't be unexpected for a feature of this scale - they'd be unlikely to announce anything until the project is at least near-finished, if they're working on it. [0] https://excel.uservoice.com/forums/304921-excel-for-windows-desktop-application/suggestions/10549005-python-as-an-excel-scripting-language https://excel.uservoice.com/forums/304921-excel-for-windows-...

Does anyone have any current info on native Python support in Excel? I recall Microsoft announcing they would offer this at some point in the future. I would really really prefer it to VBA.

cm2187 8y ago

I believe they canned it and went for javascript instead. Which if they also enable webassembly in the future is cool, because it means you will be able to run pretty much any language.

mohammedbin 8y ago
Do you remember how you came by this knowledge?
- cm2187 8y ago
  I don't but it was around the announcement of Office 2019 which introduced javascript as an alternative scripting language to VBA.
- tenryuu 8y ago
  When one developer said they rewrote office into JavaScript. The assumption is probably not accurate still

MagnumOpus 8y ago

> Microsoft announcing they would offer this at some point in the future No, the ran a consultation asking whether there is interest, got overwhelming support for it, but have not commented on it since.

setquk 8y ago
That's because it's not in line with their strategy of telling everyone what they're having and they'll have to lump it.

shakna 8y ago

In February this year, they said: > Please know this survey is used to help influence various topics – both on Python as well as other related topics that the comments started to bleed into. Given the passion, I want to be clear this remains an area of exploration for us, without any specific timeline. However, we haven't heard anything since, but that kind of timeline wouldn't be unexpected for a feature of this scale - they'd be unlikely to announce anything until the project is at least near-finished, if they're working on it. [0] https://excel.uservoice.com/forums/304921-excel-for-windows-desktop-application/suggestions/10549005-python-as-an-excel-scripting-language https://excel.uservoice.com/forums/304921-excel-for-windows-...