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minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·20 hours agothat is manual labor each time you run the script, while plotting in python re-makes the plot automatically.
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoYou could just automate the generation of the excel sheet as well - it’s really just pick your poison.
minus-squareThemadbeagle@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·16 hours agoHaving worked on a programs that automatically generate and process data from excel spreadsheets for a large company, I shuddered when you said that.
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours agoOh my, no the other way round, spreadsheet loads the data and let excel handle it. I think you can probably even embed python at this point. I’m not seriously advocating for this approach either, to be clear.
that is manual labor each time you run the script, while plotting in python re-makes the plot automatically.
You could just automate the generation of the excel sheet as well - it’s really just pick your poison.
Having worked on a programs that automatically generate and process data from excel spreadsheets for a large company, I shuddered when you said that.
Oh my, no the other way round, spreadsheet loads the data and let excel handle it. I think you can probably even embed python at this point. I’m not seriously advocating for this approach either, to be clear.