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How To Convert Excel Macros to Excel Formula Using Python Automation

Converting Excel macros to Excel formulas using Python automation means replacing complex, automated tasks written in Excel’s macro language with simpler, more understandable formulas that achieve the same results. Python can be used to automate this conversion process.

Excel macros are like magic spells that make Excel do things automatically, such as adding up numbers or formatting cells. With the help of the wonderful programming language Python which we have seen to automate task in excel, can also help in converting macros to formulas in Excel. Which further makes your Excel sheets easier to manage and understand. Let us see how.

Macros: Let’s say you have a macro in Excel that automatically calculates the total sales by summing up the values in column B from row 2 to the last row.

Sub CalculateTotalSales()
    Range("B1").Value = "=SUM(B2:B" & Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row & ")"
End Sub
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