You could give these a try. I didn't find this functionality in POI.
private int colNameToNum(final String colName)
{
int result = 0;
String lcColName = colName.toLowerCase();
for (int ctr = 0; ctr < lcColName.length(); ++ ctr)
result = (result * 26) + (lcColName.charAt(ctr) - 'a' + 1);
-- result;
return (result);
}
private String colNumToName(int colNum)
{
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
int cycleNum = colNum / 26;
int withinNum = colNum - (cycleNum * 26);
if (cycleNum > 0)
sb.append((char) ((cycleNum - 1) + 'a'));
sb.append((char) (withinNum + 'a'));
return (sb.toString());
}
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ChrisHauser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:52 AM
> To: poi-user@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: Get column index by specifying Excel column index
> (i.e."C" for col C)
>
>
> I'm working on a method where I want to pass the MS Excel
> column identifier (i.e."C" or "AH) and want to retrieve the
> according numerical index. I.e. 1 for "A" or 34 for "AH".
>
> Was looking through all the objects (i.e. HSSFSheet and
> others) but coul not find this convertion.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Chris
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