-/* Convert a string, which is an integer encoded in base26
- IE, A=0, B=1, ... Z=25 to the integer it represents.
- ... except that in this scheme, digits with an exponent
- greater than 1 are implicitly incremented by 1, so
- AA = 0 + 1*26, AB = 1 + 1*26,
- ABC = 2 + 2*26 + 1*26^2 ....
-*/
-static int
-pseudo_base26 (const char *str)
-{
- int i;
- int multiplier = 1;
- int result = 0;
- int len = strlen (str);
-
- for ( i = len - 1 ; i >= 0; --i)
- {
- int mantissa = (str[i] - 'A');
-
- if ( mantissa < 0 || mantissa > 25 )
- return -1;
-
- if ( i != len - 1)
- mantissa++;
-
- result += mantissa * multiplier;
-
- multiplier *= 26;
- }
-
- return result;
-}
-
-
-
-/* Convert a cell reference in the form "A1:B2", to
- integers. A1 means column zero, row zero.
- B1 means column 1 row 0. AA1 means column 26, row 0.
-*/
-static bool
-convert_cell_ref (const char *ref,
- int *col0, int *row0,
- int *coli, int *rowi)
-{
- char startcol[5];
- char stopcol [5];
-
- int startrow;
- int stoprow;
-
- int n = sscanf (ref, "%4[a-zA-Z]%d:%4[a-zA-Z]%d",
- startcol, &startrow,
- stopcol, &stoprow);
- if ( n != 4)
- return false;
-
- str_uppercase (startcol);
- *col0 = pseudo_base26 (startcol);
- str_uppercase (stopcol);
- *coli = pseudo_base26 (stopcol);
- *row0 = startrow - 1;
- *rowi = stoprow - 1 ;
-
- return true;
-}
-
-