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Inspired by https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40243616/jquery-datatables-export-to-excelhtml5-hyperlink-issue/49146977
This patch extends the special formatting capability of the Excel exporter to detect the "=FUNCTION(...)" signature customary in Excel, specifically for hyperlinks.
This PR does not attempt to solve the broader hyperlink rendering issue, though along the lines of the fourth example at https://datatables.net/reference/option/columns.render#Examples, a user could add a renderer for a custom 'excel' orthogonal:
then configure the export button to use it: