Brian Dunning's FileMaker Custom Functions

DecToAlpha ( decimal )

Returns the representation of a decimal number as a variable-length alphabetic text string.

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Michael Horak   Michael Horak - Show more from this author
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  Sample input:
0
1
2

25
26
27

51
52
53

701
702
703

18277
18278
18279

etc.
  Sample output:
A
B
C

Z
AA
AB

AZ
BA
BB

ZZ
AAA
AAB

ZZZ
AAAA
AAAB

etc.

  Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

Returns the representation of a decimal (base-10) number as a variable-length alphabetic text string, similar to the column headings in Excel: A, B, C ... Z, AA, AB ... AZ, BA, BB ... ZZ, AAA, AAB ... ZZZ, AAAA, AAAB, etc.

NOTE:
DecToAlpha expects numbers to start at 0 (zero). In other words, DecToAlpha (0) returns "A", while DecToAlpha (1) returns "B". If your numbers start at 1, and you want the number 1 to be represented as "A", use DecToAlpha (decimal - 1).

 

Comments

Alex Mead   Alex Mead
Oct 27, 2020
I'm trying to figure out how to reverse this process to ultimately create an increment script. Idea is that I turn a, alpha field (A,B,C...AA,AB...ZZ) into a decimal, then +1, then turn back into an alpha.

Has anyone come across this or found a solution?
Many thanks!
 
Michael Horak   Michael Horak, *COMMENT Visual Realisation
Oct 27, 2020
Post your question on one of the forums (e.g. https://fmforums.com/).
 

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