Microsoft is bringing popular programming language Python to Excel. A public preview of the feature is available today, allowing Excel users to manipulate and analyze data from Python.

To be honest, we can’t get enough of them. A recent reddit thread reminded us that you can generate a similar look for your own data (humorous or otherwise) in Python using Matplotlib.

If you have a Microsoft 365 subscription, you can access Python within Excel, and you don't need to use Python as a separate app. Instead, you can visit the Formulas tab in Excel and select the Insert ...

To get started, we will import the necessary packages. We will use Benzinga’s Python SDK to access the API, Pandas to format and manipulate the data, and Matplotlib to visualize the earnings data.

Microsoft 365 business customers can now use Python code directly in Excel, but currently only on Windows and with code execution in the cloud.