"""
SPREADSHEET-STYLE COLUMN HEADERS
"""
from collections import OrderedDict
def id2num(s):
""" spreadsheet column name to number
ref: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7261936
:param s: str -- spreadsheet column alpha ID (i.e. A, B, ... AA, AB,...)
:returns: int -- spreadsheet column number (zero-based index)
>>> id2num('A')
0
>>> id2num('B')
1
>>> id2num('XFD')
16383
>>>
"""
n = 0
for ch in s.upper():
n = n * 26 + (ord(ch) - 65) + 1
return n - 1
def num2id(n):
"""
ref: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/181596
:param n: int -- spreadsheet column number (zero-based index)
:returns: int -- spreadsheet column alpha ID (i.e. A, B, ... AA, AB,...)
>>> num2id(0)
'A'
>>> num2id(1)
'B'
>>> num2id(16383)
'XFD'
"""
s = ''
d = n + 1
while d:
m = (d - 1) % 26
s = chr(65 + m) + s
d = int((d - m) / 26)
return s
class AlphaID:
def __init__(self, num=99):
self.num = num
self.create(num)
def create(self, stop=None, start=0):
if stop is None:
stop = self.num
self.ids = tuple(map(num2id, range(start, stop)))
def get_(self, n=None):
if not n or n == len(self.ids):
return self.ids
if n < len(self.ids):
return self.ids[:n]
return self.ids + self.create(n - len(self.ids), start=n)
def as_dict(self, origin=0):
return OrderedDict((i, n) for n, i in enumerate(self.ids, origin))
def get_alphaids(num=99):
return AlphaID(num).get_(num)