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To: markomalley

I use VBA to write stock trading and market analysis algorithms for Excel. Is the Basic language pretty similar to VBA?

3 posted on 02/09/2018 5:42:12 AM PST by RoosterRedux (Onward Christian Soldiers!)

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To: RoosterRedux

I use VBA to write stock trading and market analysis algorithms for Excel. Is the Basic language pretty similar to VBA?

Have you looked at this resource? Converting VBA to OpenOffice Basic.

Also there is a PDF that explains the porting process: Porting Excel/VBA to Calc/Star Basic

7 posted on 02/09/2018 5:50:57 AM PST by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)

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To: RoosterRedux

Both are ‘Basic’, so yes

12 posted on 02/09/2018 7:00:40 AM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap")

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To: RoosterRedux

I am not a programmer but do a lot of Linux scripting. This comparison might help to answer your questions:

https://eklausmeier.wordpress.com/2013/10/27/programming-in-excel-vba-compared-to-libreoffice-openoffice-calc/

13 posted on 02/09/2018 7:35:29 AM PST by taxcontrol (SStupid should hurt)

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