Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /********************************************************************* * * Copyright (C) 2002 Andrew Khan * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA ***************************************************************************/ public class Main { /** * The character which indicates whether a reference is fixed */ private static final char fixedInd = '$'; /** * The character which indicates the sheet name terminator */ private static final char sheetInd = '!'; /** * Gets the columnn number of the string cell reference * * @param s the string to parse * @return the column portion of the cell reference */ public static int getColumn(String s) { int colnum = 0; int numindex = getNumberIndex(s); String s2 = s.toUpperCase(); int startPos = s.lastIndexOf(sheetInd) + 1; if (s.charAt(startPos) == fixedInd) { startPos++; } int endPos = numindex; if (s.charAt(numindex - 1) == fixedInd) { endPos--; } for (int i = startPos; i < endPos; i++) { if (i != startPos) { colnum = (colnum + 1) * 26; } colnum += (int) s2.charAt(i) - (int) 'A'; } return colnum; } /** * Finds the position where the first number occurs in the string */ private static int getNumberIndex(String s) { // Find the position of the first number boolean numberFound = false; int pos = s.lastIndexOf(sheetInd) + 1; char c = '\0'; while (!numberFound && pos < s.length()) { c = s.charAt(pos); if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') { numberFound = true; } else { pos++; } } return pos; } }