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Xceed.Workbooks.NET Assembly / Xceed.Workbooks.NET Namespace / CellHelper Class / ConvertLetterToNumber Method

The letter or letters that will be converted.

This must correspond to one or more letters used by MS Excel to identify a Column.



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    ConvertLetterToNumber Method
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    Converts letters into a numerical value.
    Syntax
    'Declaration
 

    Public Shared Function ConvertLetterToNumber( _
   ByVal letter As String _
) As Integer
    'Usage
 

    Dim letter As String
Dim value As Integer
 
value = CellHelper.ConvertLetterToNumber(letter)
    public static int ConvertLetterToNumber( 
   string letter
)

    Parameters

    letter

    The letter or letters that will be converted.

    This must correspond to one or more letters used by MS Excel to identify a Column.

    Return Value

    The number corresponding to the chosen letters.
    Remarks
    The letter and number correspondence is determined as follows: "A" is 0, "B" is 1, "C" is 2 and so on. Therefore, "AA" will correspond to "26", "AB" to 27, "AC" to 28 and so forth.
    Requirements

    Target Platforms: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

    See Also

    Reference

    CellHelper Class
    CellHelper Members

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