How to convert a column number (e.g. 127) into an Excel column (e.g. AA)

If anyone needs to do this in Excel without VBA, here is a way:

=SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1;colNum;4);"1";"")

where colNum is the column number

And in VBA:

Function GetColumnName(colNum As Integer) As String
    Dim d As Integer
    Dim m As Integer
    Dim name As String
    d = colNum
    name = ""
    Do While (d > 0)
        m = (d - 1) Mod 26
        name = Chr(65 + m) + name
        d = Int((d - m) / 26)
    Loop
    GetColumnName = name
End Function

Sorry, this is Python instead of C#, but at least the results are correct:

def ColIdxToXlName(idx):
    if idx < 1:
        raise ValueError("Index is too small")
    result = ""
    while True:
        if idx > 26:
            idx, r = divmod(idx - 1, 26)
            result = chr(r + ord('A')) + result
        else:
            return chr(idx + ord('A') - 1) + result


for i in xrange(1, 1024):
    print "%4d : %s" % (i, ColIdxToXlName(i))

Here's how I do it:

private string GetExcelColumnName(int columnNumber)
{
    string columnName = "";

    while (columnNumber > 0)
    {
        int modulo = (columnNumber - 1) % 26;
        columnName = Convert.ToChar('A' + modulo) + columnName;
        columnNumber = (columnNumber - modulo) / 26;
    } 

    return columnName;
}

Tags:

C#

Excel