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Old December 1st 08, 10:36 PM posted to sci.physics.electromag,rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Numerical integration and MS Excel "data table" function problem

On 1 dic, 13:16, Bob Bob wrote:
Hi Wim

I'll admit I am having difficulty visualizing what you are doing with
data tables and was about to suggest using a macro to generate the plot
values until I saw your "no VB" comment.

When you say "data table", is that a pivot table? I have sheets with
calcs based on pivot table outputs that are then used in further pivot
tables. Looks horribly messy but it works. (Noting that the accuracy
problems arent a problem for me due to what I am calculating for)

Cheers Bob W5/VK2YQA

Wimpie wrote:
Does somebody know a solution for this (I do not prefer a VB one)?


Hello to Bob and the other contributors

I used the table function that enters row or column data into a
formula and plot the result under the row or right to the column. I
use the 2 variable version that results in a square with 400 cells. I
add them with the sum function.

The reason for mentioning "VB not preferred" is because of when I have
to divert to programming, I prefer to abandon Excel (for this
application) and use another environment.

Following this thread and advise from other people, I will abandon
Excel for this Fresnel calculation.

Regarding stability issues, some people also advised me to use the
Unix/Linux program instead of the windows port. So I still have to
do some investigation, as I do not have a machine with Linux on it.

Best regards and thanks for the info,

Wim
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