This is the code for providing the COLUMN name when the row and col ID is provided but when I give values like row = 1 and col = 104
, it should return CZ
, but it returns D@
row = 1
col = 104
div = col
column_label = str()
while div:
(div, mod) = divmod(div, 26)
column_label = chr(mod + 64) + column_label
print column_label
What is wrong with what I am doing?
(This code is in reference for EXCEL Columns, where I provide the Row,Column ID value and expect the ALPHABETIC value for the same.)
EDIT: I feel I must admit, as pointed out by a few others—who never left me comments—that the previous version of my answer (which you accepted) had a bug that prevented it from properly handling column numbers greater than 702
(corresponding to Excel column 'ZZ'
). So, in the interests of correctness, that's been fixed in the code below, which now contains a loop just like many of the other answers do.
It's quite likely you never used the previous version with large enough column numbers to have encountered the issue. FWIW, the MS specs for the current version of Excel say it supports worksheets with up to 16,384 columns (Excel column 'XFD'
).
LETTERS = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
def excel_style(row, col):
""" Convert given row and column number to an Excel-style cell name. """
result = []
while col:
col, rem = divmod(col-1, 26)
result[:0] = LETTERS[rem]
return ''.join(result) + str(row)
if __name__ == '__main__':
addresses = [(1, 1), (1, 26),
(1, 27), (1, 52),
(1, 53), (1, 78),
(1, 79), (1, 104),
(1, 18253), (1, 18278),
(1, 702), # -> 'ZZ1'
(1, 703), # -> 'AAA1'
(1, 16384), # -> 'XFD1'
(1, 35277039)]
print('({:3}, {:>10}) --> {}'.format('row', 'col', 'Excel'))
print('==========================')
for row, col in addresses:
print('({:3}, {:10,}) --> {!r}'.format(row, col, excel_style(row, col)))
Output:
(row, col) --> Excel
========================
( 1, 1) --> 'A1'
( 1, 26) --> 'Z1'
( 1, 27) --> 'AA1'
( 1, 52) --> 'AZ1'
( 1, 53) --> 'BA1'
( 1, 78) --> 'BZ1'
( 1, 79) --> 'CA1'
( 1, 104) --> 'CZ1'
( 1, 18253) --> 'ZZA1'
( 1, 18278) --> 'ZZZ1'
( 1, 702) --> 'ZZ1'
( 1, 703) --> 'AAA1'
( 1, 16384) --> 'XFD1'
( 1, 35277039) --> 'BYEBYE1'
You have a couple of index issues:
So to fix your problem, you need to make all your indices match:
def colToExcel(col): # col is 1 based
excelCol = str()
div = col
while div:
(div, mod) = divmod(div-1, 26) # will return (x, 0 .. 25)
excelCol = chr(mod + 65) + excelCol
return excelCol
print colToExcel(1) # => A
print colToExcel(26) # => Z
print colToExcel(27) # => AA
print colToExcel(104) # => CZ
print colToExcel(26**3+26**2+26) # => ZZZ
I love maritineau's answer since its code looks plain and easy to follow. But it can't handle the column number which is greater than 26**2 + 26. So I modify part of it.
def excel_col(col):
"""Covert 1-relative column number to excel-style column label."""
quot, rem = divmod(col-1,26)
return excel_col(quot) + chr(rem+ord('A')) if col!=0 else ''
if __name__=='__main__':
for i in [1, 26, 27, 26**3+26**2+26]:
print 'excel_col({0}) -> {1}'.format(i, excel_col(i))
Results
excel_col(1) -> A
excel_col(26) -> Z
excel_col(27) -> AA
excel_col(18278) -> ZZZ
def ColNum2ColName(n):
convertString = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
base = 26
i = n - 1
if i < base:
return convertString[i]
else:
return ColNum2ColName(i//base) + convertString[i%base]
EDIT: Right, right zondo.
I just approached A, B, .. AA, AB, ...
as a numeric base with digits A-Z
.
A = 1
B = 2
.
.
X = 24
Y = 25
Z = 26
.
.
.
It's an easy way without any while loop etc. and works for any number > 0
.
I think it is something like this :
def get_col(col):
"""Get excel-style column names"""
(div, mod) = divmod(col, 26)
if div == 0:
return str(unichr(mod+64))
elif mod == 0:
return str(unichr(div+64-1)+'Z')
else:
return str(unichr(div+64)+unichr(mod+64))
Some tests :
>>> def get_col(col):
... (div, mod) = divmod(col, 26)
... if div == 0:
... return str(unichr(mod+64))
... elif mod == 0:
... return str(unichr(div+64-1)+'Z')
... else:
... return str(unichr(div+64)+unichr(mod+64))
...
>>> get_col(105)
'DA'
>>> get_col(104)
'CZ'
>>> get_col(1)
'A'
>>> get_col(55)
'BC'
I think i figured it out.
divmod(104,26) gives mod=0 which makes chr(0+64) = 64 ie '@'.
if i add this line before column_label "mod=26 if mod==0 else mod"
i think it should work fine
column_label=''
div=104
while div:
(div, mod) = divmod(div, 26)
mod=26 if mod==0 else mod
column_label = chr(mod + 64) + column_label
print column_label
use this code:
def xlscol(colnum):
a = []
while colnum:
colnum, remainder = divmod(colnum - 1, 26)
a.append(remainder)
a.reverse()
return ''.join([chr(n + ord('A')) for n in a])