IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine

Re:IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine by eviks on Saturday November 09, 2024 @11:14PM (#42098525)

Cool project!

Do you have a detailed list tracking compatibility with Excel?

Do you have any great ideas where you can surpass it (in one way you can use yours without UI)?

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Re:IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine by nhatcher on Sunday November 10, 2024 @02:11AM (#42098894)

Thanks!

There is not a detailed tracking of all Excel features. But we track:

1. Function implementations: https://github.com/ironcalc/IronCalc/labels/Functions 2. Dynamic arrays, defined names, pivot tables, ...

Excel is huge we only aim at implementing a subset.

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Re:IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine by eviks on Sunday November 10, 2024 @02:21AM (#42098918)

Exactly because Excel is huge it'd be nice to have such a detailed reference, grouped by type: functions, UI, scripting, built in analysis tools etc

And some features could reduce pressure re compatibility in other areas. For example, if you had some kind of wasm plugin system, then people could easily write the lacking functions in their favorite language without having to wait for the core to add such a function.

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Re:IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine by nhatcher on Sunday November 10, 2024 @05:50AM (#42099531)

Thanks for the feedback. I will try to build a more detailed compatibility reference as you describe.

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