def _get_column_letter(col_idx):
if not 1 <= col_idx <= 18278:
raise ValueError("Invalid column index {0}".format(col_idx))
letters = []
while col_idx > 0:
col_idx, remainder = divmod(col_idx, 26)
if remainder == 0:
remainder = 26
col_idx -= 1
letters.append(chr(remainder+64))
return ''.join(reversed(letters))
def _column_index_from_string(column_name='BBA'):
list_str =list(column_name.upper())
c_index=0
len_s=len(list_str)
for i in range(len_s):
d=ord(list_str[i])-64
c_index+=d*pow(26,len_s-1-i)
return c_index