Get column letter from value in cell

Phil Payne

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This works great for characters A-Z but not for columns after Z. E.g., 'AB' I tried the LEFT ADDRESS MATCH formula which works for Columns >Z but not for those <AA.

Any ideas?

The above refers to solution by VOG "=CHAR(66+MATCH(A1,C1:K1,0))" in 2010.


I found the above "Return column letter from match or lookup" discussion written a long time ago.

I am struggling to make this work because my range goes beyond column Z to column BW!

Does anyone have a solution please?
 
Yes, what I just suggested. Can't really comment more specifically without more detail as to your data layout and actual end goal.
 
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